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Eavesdropping on Jane Austen's England: How our ancestors lived two centuries ago
Roy & Lesley Adkins
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Description for Eavesdropping on Jane Austen's England: How our ancestors lived two centuries ago
Paperback. A revealing, spirited and fascinating account of what life was really like in Jane Austen's England. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 366.
Eavesdropping on Jane Austen's England explores the real England of Jane Austen's lifetime. It was a troubled period, with disturbing changes in industry and agriculture and a constant dread of invasion and revolution. The comfortable, tranquil country of her fiction is a complete contrast to the England in which she actually lived. From forced marriages and the sale of wives in marketplaces to boys and girls working down mines or as chimney sweeps, this enthralling social history reveals how our ancestors worked, played and struggled to survive. Taking in the horror of ghosts and witches, bull baiting, highwaymen and the ... Read more
Eavesdropping on Jane Austen's England explores the real England of Jane Austen's lifetime. It was a troubled period, with disturbing changes in industry and agriculture and a constant dread of invasion and revolution. The comfortable, tranquil country of her fiction is a complete contrast to the England in which she actually lived. From forced marriages and the sale of wives in marketplaces to boys and girls working down mines or as chimney sweeps, this enthralling social history reveals how our ancestors worked, played and struggled to survive. Taking in the horror of ghosts and witches, bull baiting, highwaymen and the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349138602
SKU
V9780349138602
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Roy & Lesley Adkins
Roy and Lesley Adkins are husband-and-wife historians and archaeologists, the bestselling authors of eighteen widely acclaimed books on social and naval history, archaeology, ancient Rome, ancient Greece and Egyptology. Their books include Jack Tar, Trafalgar, The War for All the Oceans, Empires of the Plain and The Keys of Egypt and have so far been translated into seventeen languages worldwide. ... Read more
Reviews for Eavesdropping on Jane Austen's England: How our ancestors lived two centuries ago
Scholarly but accessible ... a must for anyone who wants a peek under Mr Darcy's wet shirt Daily Mail