Jane Austen at Home : A

Biography
 By
Lucy Worsley
HODDER &
STOUGHTON
 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

Lucy Worsley 'is a great scene-setter for this tale of triumph and
heartbreak.' Sunday Times

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.

HODDER & STOUGHTON

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