JANE AUSTEN AT HOME: A BIOGRAPHY (PB)

Jane Austen’s life wasn't all country houses and ballrooms, but was often a painful struggle. With new research and insights, Lucy Worsley shows us how and why Jane lived as she did, examining the places and spaces that mattered to her. She reveals a passionate woman who fought for her freedom, who far from being a lonely spinster had at least five marriage prospects, and who in the end refused to settle for anything less than Mr Darcy.