Eavesdropping on Jane Austen's England

Name: Eavesdropping on Jane Austen's England
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SKU: 9780349138602
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How our ancestors lived two centuries ago

By Roy & Lesley Adkins

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Eavesdropping on Jane Austen's England explores the real England during Jane Austen's lifetime, a period marked by upheaval in industry and agriculture alongside fears of invasion and revolution. Far from the tranquil settings of Austen’s novels, the book reveals a harsh reality including forced marriages, child labour in mines and chimneys, as well as gruesome customs like bull baiting and highwaymen. It offers a vivid social history showing how people worked, played, and survived in a challenging era.
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This book is essential for readers interested in social history, Jane Austen enthusiasts seeking deeper context, and anyone curious about the realities behind early 19th-century England.

A revealing, spirited and fascinating account of what life was really like in Jane Austen's England.

A revealing, spirited and fascinating account of what life was really like in Jane Austen's England.

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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 stench of corpses swinging on roadside gibbets, this book is a must-read for anyone wanting to discover the genuine story of Jane Austen's England and the background to her novels.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780349138602

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 May 2014

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Abacus

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 29.0mm

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 380g

Pages: 448

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European History History & Archaeology History & Military Non-Fiction Roy & Lesley Adkins

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.