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A cultural snapshot of everyday life in the world of Jane AustenJane Austen, arguably the greatest novelist of the English language, wrote brilliantly about the gentry and aristocracy of two centuries ago in her accounts of young women looking for love. Jane Austen’s England explores the customs and culture of the real England of her everyday existence depicted in her classic novels as well as those by Byron, Keats, and Shelley. Drawing upon a rich array of contemporary sources, including many previously unpublished manuscripts, diaries, and personal letters, Roy and Lesley Adkins vividly portray the daily lives of ordinary people, discussing topics as diverse as birth, marriage,  religion, sexual practices, hygiene, highwaymen, and superstitions.



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Roy Adkins

Visit www.adkinshistory.com for further details, newsletter and events.Roy Adkins is a historian and archaeologist, author of numerous critically acclaimed non-fiction books on social and naval history, as well as on archaeology and the ancient world. His books (mostly written with his wife Lesley Adkins) include GIBRALTAR: THE GREATEST SIEGE IN BRITISH HISTORY; JANE AUSTEN'S ENGLAND (called 'Eavesdropping on Jane Austen's England' in the UK) ; JACK TAR: LIFE IN NELSON'S NAVY; NELSON'S TRAFALGAR (called 'Trafalgar: The Biography of a Battle' in the UK) ; THE WAR FOR ALL THE OCEANS; and THE KEYS OF EGYPT. They have been translated into several languages worldwide. He lives in England, near Exeter in Devon.



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