Eavesdropping on Jane Austen's England: How our ancestors lived two centuries ago - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0349138605 ISBN 13: 9780349138602

Publisher: Abacus, 1813

Synopsis

Eavesdropping on Jane Austens England

About this title

About the Author:

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. Roy and Lesley Adkins are elected Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London and Members of the Institute for Archaeologists. For further information about them and their books, see their website www.adkinshistory.com.

Review:

For fans of Austen and English history, a deeply informative picture of Regency life * Kirkus Reviews * This encyclopedic and entertaining volume will suit readers who daydream about going back in time to walk alongside literary figures such as Austen ... While familiarity with her work will surely enhance reader delight, knowledge of the primary sources isn't necessary ... readers will appreciate its exciting sweep * Publishers Weekly * The authors provide a fascinating view of daily life in Britain during the late Georgian and Regency eras ... an excellent read, with each chapter offering a treasury of insights into the lives of Austen's contemporaries, both rich and poor -- Carmela Ciuraru * USA Today * Jane Austen's England provides a richly detailed portrait ... As this immensely useful and informative book makes clear, Regency England was no laughing matter -- Jonathan Yardley * Washington Post * a comprehensive survey of daily life in the time of Jane Austen, full of nuggets of surprising information ... a fine book for browsing -- Peter Lewis * Daily Mail * In reconstructing the lives of ordinary people in Georgian England, Roy and Lesley Adkins vividly evoke the ways in which wealth and poverty coexisted ... This excellent book reminds us that Georgian England was as remote and alien to a modern sensibility as the Roman Empire -- Nick Rennison * Sunday Times * A lively and impressionistic guide to the age, enjoyable for those entirely new to the subject, but also for the better informed, who will not only discover new facts in its wealth of material, but appreciate the immediacy and flavour of its eye-witness accounts -- Rosemary Goring * Sunday Herald * Scholarly but accessible . . . a must for anyone who wants a peek under Mr Darcy's wet shirt * Daily Mail *

About this edition

• Publisher: Abacus
• Publication date: 1813
• ISBN 10: 0349138605
• ISBN 13: 9780349138602
• Binding: Paperback