Author: Sue Wilkes
Publisher: Pen and Sword Books
Publication Date: 31 Janaury 2021
Pages: 176
Format: eBook - PDF
Genre: Non-Fiction/History
Source: ARC via NetGalley
Discover Jane Austen’s England
Immerse
yourself in the vanished world inhabited by Austen’s contemporaries.
Packed with detail, and anecdotes, this is an intimate exploration of
how the middle and upper classes lived from 1775, the year of Austen’s
birth, to the coronation of George IV in 1820. Sue Wilkes skilfully
conjures up all aspects of daily life within the period, drawing on
contemporary diaries, illustrations, letters, novels, travel literature
and archives.
•Were all unmarried affluent men really 'in want of a wife'?
•Where would a young lady seek adventures?
•Would ‘taking the waters’ at Bath and other spas kill or cure you?
•Was Lizzy Bennet bitten by bed-bugs while travelling?
•What would you wear to a country ball, or a dance at Almack’s?
•Would Mr Darcy have worn a corset?
•What hidden horrors lurked in elegant Regency houses?
Put on your dancing gloves and embrace a lost era of corsets and courtship!
A Visitor's Guide to Jane Austen's England is a book that presents the facts of Regency life in a fun and entertaining way. The tone of the 'narration' of the text feels like someone tell you a story, and while much of the information included was already known to me from past research and reading, Wilkes goes into detail in some sections on topics that are often only glossed over in other works. As such, I think this is a valuable work both for the Jane Austen fans and for writers looking to pen their own works set in this period.
I received this book as a free eBook ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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