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  • Formaat: Hardback, 400 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 238x163x43 mm, kaal: 660 g, 2 x 8 page colour insets
  • Ilmumisaeg: 18-May-2017
  • Kirjastus: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
  • ISBN-10: 1473632188
  • ISBN-13: 9781473632189
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  • Formaat: Hardback, 400 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 238x163x43 mm, kaal: 660 g, 2 x 8 page colour insets
  • Ilmumisaeg: 18-May-2017
  • Kirjastus: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
  • ISBN-10: 1473632188
  • ISBN-13: 9781473632189
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

'This is my kind of history: carefully researched but so vivid that you are convinced Lucy Worsley was actually there at the party - or the parsonage.' Antonia Fraser

'A refreshingly unique perspective on Austen and her work and a beautifully nuanced exploration of gender, creativity, and domesticity.' Amanda Foreman

'Brilliant and very moving, this book is a fascinating and original exploration of Jane Austen with lots of new material - Worsley brings Austen to life superbly, through her pages she is a flesh and blood woman, intelligent, powerful, contradictory, loving, loved. A magnificent book.' Kate Williams

On the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen's death, historian Lucy Worsley leads us into the rooms from which our best-loved novelist quietly changed the world.

This new telling of the story of Jane's life shows us how and why she lived as she did, examining the places and spaces that mattered to her. It wasn't all country houses and ballrooms, but a life that was often a painful struggle. Jane famously lived a 'life without incident', but with new research and insights Lucy Worsley reveals a passionate woman who fought for her freedom. A woman who far from being a lonely spinster in fact had at least five marriage prospects, but who in the end refused to settle for anything less than Mr Darcy.

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This is my kind of history: carefully researched but so vivid that you are convinced Lucy Worsley was actually there at the party - or the parsonage. * Antonia Fraser * Jane Austen at Home offers a fascinating look at Jane Austen's world through the lens of the homes in which she lived and worked throughout her life. The result is a refreshingly unique perspective on Austen and her work and a beautifully nuanced exploration of gender, creativity, and domesticity. * Amanda Foreman * A vivid portrait of Jane Austen. A must for any Austenite. * Red magazine * Brilliant and very moving, this book is a fascinating and original exploration of Jane Austen with lots of new material - Worsley brings Austen to life superbly, through her pages she is a flesh and blood woman, intelligent, powerful, contradictory, loving, loved. A magnificent book. * Kate Williams * Rarely, if ever, will you encounter a historian so in command of their material. Truly, this is a dazzling exercise in persuasion, written with sense and sensibility. * Saturday Express * A deep, prolifically researched dive into the houses, vacation homes, and schools where the author spent her life. * Vogue magazine * Worsley offers us much that Austen's admirers wish to know... [ she] is entirely convincing. * New York Times * An interesting portrait of Georgian and Regency material culture. There's much intriguing historical detail. * Literary Review * A sprightly new take on Austen's life. * Mail on Sunday *

Introduction: Jane Austen at Home 1(6)
ACT ONE A SUNNY MORNING AT THE RECTORY
1 To Steventon
7(13)
2 Enter Jane
20(8)
3 Boys
28(13)
4 A Little Learning
41(8)
5 The Abbey School
49(6)
6 The Freindship of Women
55(15)
7 The Wars
70(7)
8 Cassandra's Romance
77(7)
9 Youth and Beauty
84(17)
10 Novels
101(8)
11 `My Irish friend'
109(11)
12 First Impressions
120(4)
13 Godmersham Park
124(9)
14 Away from Home
133(13)
15 Homeless
146(7)
ACT TWO A SOJOURNER IN A STRANGE LAND
16 Bath
153(12)
17 The Sea
165(6)
18 Manydown Park
171(8)
19 Susan
179(7)
20 `Wild to see Lyme'
186(6)
21 Green Park Buildings East
192(12)
22 A. House Fit for a Heroine
204(10)
23 Castle Square
214(17)
ACT THREE A REAL HOME
24 Chawton Cottage
231(12)
25 Published!
243(7)
26 Pride and Prejudice
250(9)
27 The Great House
259(9)
28 The Diversions of Young Ladies
268(9)
29 Parading about London
277(7)
30 Carlton House
284(7)
ACT FOUR THE END, AND AFTER
31 Disasters
291(6)
32 A Poor Honey
297(7)
33 Unfinished Business
304(7)
34 College Street
311(5)
35 A Final Home
316(6)
36 `Was there anything particular about that lady?'
322(5)
Epilogue: What happened to Jane's homes? 327(2)
Acknowledgements 329(2)
Sources 331(2)
Bibliography 333(8)
Notes 341(34)
Index 375(12)
Picture Acknowledgements 387
Lucy Worsley is an historian, author, curator and television presenter. Lucy read history at New College, Oxford and worked for English Heritage before becoming Chief Curator at the charity Historic Royal Palaces. She also presents history programmes for the BBC, and her bestselling books include Jane Austen at Home, A Very British Murder: The Curious Story of how Crime was Turned into Art, If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home, Courtiers: the Secret History of the Georgian Court and Cavalier: The Story of a 17th century Playboy.