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| Advice to the Officers of the British Army: with the Addition of some Hints | This little book, absolutely dripping with sarcasm and irony, was written at a time when the British army was desperately in need of reform. The very real humour will make you laugh out loud, and seriously consider the subjects touched upon. Lots of incidental detail on current practices, technology levels and social standards. -Caroline | Anonymous | Life & Times
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| Art of Dress : Clothes and Society, 1500-1914, The | This book contains lovely photographs, though only two of Regency gowns. The evening dress pictured is absolutely heavenly with gorgeous embroidery --worth a look! -JennieC | Jane Ashelford, et al | Life & Times
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| Bath Commercialis'd | A fscinating, detailed survey of shops,shopping and trades in 18th century Bath. Lovely illustrations, inlucing a fine map of 18th century Bath, trade cards and advertisments.The A-Z of Bath shopping,perfect for the Mrs Allens amongst us! | Trevor Fawcett | Life & Times
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| Behind the Scenes : Domestic Arrangements in Historic Houses | Excellent would be a weak word for it. -Patricia Bingham | Christina Hardyment | Life & Times
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| British Country House in the Eighteenth Century, The | Recommended by Shinjinee | Christopher Christie | Life & Times
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| British Painting The Golden Age | | William Vaughhan | Life & Times
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| Cambridge Companion to Jane Austen, The | Leading scholars present a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to Jane Austen's works in the contexts of her contemporary world, and of present-day critical discourse...on religion, politics, class-consciousness, publishing practices, domestic economy, style in the novels and the significance of her juvenile works. ...assessments of the history of Austen criticism highlight the most recent studies in a vast field of critical diversity." -Traci P | Edward Copeland, Juliet McMaster (editors) | Life & Times
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| Captain Marryat: Seaman, Writer, and Adventurer | Captain Frederick Marryat (for those who don't know him) served in the Royal Navy from 1806 to 1830. He became a successful novelist, writing authentic nautical fiction grounded in his own experiences at sea. Pocock, well-known for his books about Nelson, has produced a quick and enjoyable read in this biography of Marryat, liberally sprinkled with entertaining excerpts from Marryat's own writings. Recommended by Joan Ellen. | Tom Pocock | Life & Times
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| Church and the Age of Reason 1648-1789 | The Church in an Age of Revolution (The Penguin History of the Church 5) by Alexander Roper Vidler starts at 1800 and says very little that is relevant to our period, IMO. Caroline | Gerald R. Cragg, et al | Life & Times
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| Close Run Thing, A A | Clare A:A Mallinson's books about Matthew Hervey of the Light Dragoons are nice. His first one, A Close Run Thing mentions JA, one of the characters is reading P&P. Mallinson, who is ex-army, is cultured, easy to read, and has done a lot of research on the Napoleonic era. | Allan Mallinson | Life & Times
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| Complete Servant, The | Julie: I love this book and recommend it. In my view this book illustrates how households developed a more rigid structure of servants duties/positons during teh early to mid years of the 19th century,and which reached its rigid zenith in teh late Vicorian/Edwardian years. | Samuel Adams, Sarah Adams | Life & Times
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| Cut of Men's Clothes : 1600-1900 | Very detailed notes on Construction of clothing, including scale drawings from which you might get a pattern. Lots of contemporary writings. Probably out of print, but you should be able to get them on inter-library loan. I love the men's book especially. She also wrote Corsets and Crinolines, which I have yet to find - Caroline | Norah Waugh | Life & Times
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| Cut of Women's Clothes, 1600-1930 | Very detailed notes on Construction of clothing, including scale drawings from which you might get a pattern. Lots of contemporary writings. Probably out of print, but you should be able to get them on inter-library loan. I love the men's book especially. She also wrote Corsets and Crinolines, which I have yet to find - Caroline | Norah Waugh | Life & Times
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| English Social History | Recommended by Inko | G.M. Trevelyan | Life & Times
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| English Society in the Eighteenth Century | Recommended by Shinjinee | Roy Porter | Life & Times
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| English Women in Life and Letters | On page 106 I found Beau Nash, the famous Bath Master of Ceremonies Rules for a Ball. That gentlemen crowding before ladies at the balls shows ill manners, and that none do so for the future except such as respect nobody but themselves. . . Many of Nash's rules still seem to be good ones. Too bad nobody told the younger Bennet girls. -Cassia | M. Phillips, W.S. Tomkinson | Life & Times
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| English Women's Clothing in the Nineteenth-Century | Gives a blow by blow account of each year's fashions from 1800 to 1900, putting each trend into its historical and social context. Includes hair styles, sleep wear, undergarments and accessories. A great overall resource for anyone interested in women's or historical fashion. -Kali | C. Willett Cunnington | Life & Times
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| English, The : A Social History 1066-1945 | . | Christopher Hibbert | Life & Times
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| Evolution of Useful Things, The | Petroski asks how and why common artifacts got to be the way they are today, from a sort of humanist/engineering point of view. His thesis: irritation, not necessity is the mother of invention. Since the 19th century provides antecedents or impetus for changes, most of the information is generally interesting, particularly the chapters on the fork! -Snarkhunter | Henry Petroski | Life & Times
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| Fabric of Society : A Century of People and Their Clothes, 1770-1870 | Everything about making (printing cloth,inventing tape measures), buying (at the best warehouses), wearing (including underwear, handkerchiefs) and caring for (well, servants, what else?) clothes in Georgian and Victorian times. Lots of photographs, diagrams, contemporary illustrations and anecdotes. Good bibliography. I LOVE IT. - Caroline | Jane Tozer, Sarah Levitt | Life & Times
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| Family Fortunes, Revised Edition: Men and Women of the English Middle Class | Kathleen F: A big book, with a definite social history, women's history slant. This book was required reading for me in graduate school. The book was very well received in academic circles, so I can recommend it unhesitatingly. | Leonore Davidoff, Catherine Hall | Life & Times
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| Federalist & Regency Costume : 1790-1819 | These are complete with patterns of garments for men, woman and boys. Of great interest are the uniforms added to the American version which reflect on the war of 1812. Additionally there is news and descriptions of fashions for women from The Lady's Magazine (1796) and La Belle Assemblee (1807), and for both men and women from Le Beau Monde (1806-9). Also included are numerous beautiful fashion plates and patterns for embroidery. | R. L. Shep | Life & Times
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| Flunkeys and Scullions | This is a fabulously detailed and entertaining read.Pamela Sharpe is an expert on domestic staff in grand houses and leaves virtually no stone unturned in this book.It answers many questions releant to the servants in Jane Austen's novles, and provides a wealth of information in a very enjoyable manner. | Pamela Sharpe | Life & Times
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| From Hogarth to Rowlandson: Medicine in Art in Eighteenth-Century Britain | RebeccaMog: deals with the whole of the C18th, there are chapters relevant to the Georgian / Regency eras. To me it opened up a whole world of medicine as represented in the art of the eighteenth century, with both a strong showing of satirical and politicised cartoons, as well as sculpture and painting. | Fiona Haslam | Life & Times
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| Governess in the Age of Jane Austen, A | . | Agnes Porter, Joanna Martin (Editor) | Life & Times
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| Handbook of Costume, A | This has a good reputation. Recommended by Caroline. | Janet Arnold | Life & Times
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| Hidden Wordsworth, The | Caroline: Lots of surprises, and a very readable style. Lots of illustrations- including - Oh, dear! some Rowlandsons of the variety that never got into school history books! Definitely for grown-ups- seriously- but altogether thrillling. I'll never recite The Prelude in quite the same way again...... | Kenneth R. Johnston | Life & Times
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| History of Everyday Things in England : 1733-1851 | Recommended by Inko | Marjorie Quennell | Life & Times
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| Illustrated Letters of Jane Austen, The | The letters really give you a you-were-there feeling, and Penelope's introductions to each section are very informative. Nice pix, too. - Jessamyn | Penelope Hughes-Hallett (Editor) | Life & Times
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| In the Steps of Jane Austen | Anne P:I love this one - walks that JA probably did that you can do now. Even if you are thousands of miles away you can dream yourself into leafy lanes and Bath streets. | Anne-Marie Edwards | Life & Times
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| Innocent Diversion, The: a study of music in the life and writings of JA | . | Patrick Piggott | Life & Times
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| Jane Austen (Penguin Lives) | Helena6: Carol Sheilds gives a real writer's view of JA's life. Shields wasn't hesitant to give her opinion. But she did give mention of the prevailing theories so you knew it was her opinion rather than accepted norms. It is not a long or comprehensive bio, but it was well written. A very human look at Jane Austen, which I appreciated | Carol Shields | Life & Times
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| Jane Austen : Her Life and Letters, a Family Record | Revised and enlarged by Deirdre LeFaye. -Inko | William Austen-Leigh, Richard Arthur Austen-Eigh | Life & Times
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| Jane Austen : In Style | It's a great book. It even has a list of addresses of museums and historic houses, places to find Regency fabrics and wallpaper, costume museums and other pertinent addresses (including some in Massachusetts, Virginia, Ohio, S. Carolina, Rhode Island, Vermont, Delaware, Connecticut, Louisiana, Illinois, Maryland, New York, California, DC and Pennsylvania). - Ann | Watkins, Susan. | Life & Times
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| Jane Austen : Real and Imagined Worlds | McD is a historian, and the book is a fascinating hodgepodge of chapters in which he takes a topic and uses the novels to illustrate the history, and vice versa. Really interesting comments on Girlhood (NA), Social Traffic (E), Religion (MP), and Money (The Watsons, Lady Susan, PP). - Sara A. | Oliver MacDonagh | Life & Times
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| Jane Austen Cookbook, The | It includes a general utine into domestic life of JA, mention of food in JA novels/letters and a short bio on Martha Lloyd. -Carolyn | Maggie Black, Deirdre Le Faye | Life & Times
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| Jane Austen Fashion: fashion and needlework in the works of Jane Austen | RebeccaMog: Anne P, Vianne and I all salivated over this book during August's M.T. on clothing, ;-) and noticing that it's not in the L&T Bibliography, I thought I'd see if I could tempt anyone else to indulge themselves in a (very) little wickedness!.... ;-) I have read (and coveted) this marvellous book, :-) | Penelope Byrde | Life & Times
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| Jane Austen Household Book, A | The Austen family recipes, notes from JA and her contemporaries. Covers Recipes, Cooking, Gardening, Ice Houses, Menus, Mealtimes, Home Remedies and Useful Mixtures, and helpful notes about using the recipes with modern ingredients. -Caroline | Peggy Hickman | Life & Times
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| Jane Austen and Food | Julie W: I really like it. | Maggie Lane | Life & Times
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| Jane Austen and Her Times | Recommended by Shinjinee | G. E. Mitton | Life & Times
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| Jane Austen and Leisure | Rebecca Mog recommends this book, which has chapters on Regency Society / Pleasure Resorts / Needlework and Art / Outdoor Pursuits / Music / Dancing / Books / Theatricals / Toys and Games / Verses, Riddles and Puzzles. | David Selwyn | Life & Times
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| Jane Austen and Leisure | Julie W: Innaccurate and does not relate to the novels too well. | David Selwyn | Life & Times
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| Jane Austen and Representations of Regency England | . | Roger Sales | Life & Times
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| Jane Austen and the Body : 'The Picture of Health' | LouAnn: Thoroughly enjoyed this. I'm thoroughly enjoying this book by John Wiltshire (Cambridge University Press, 1992.) The chapters are: "Sense, sensibility and the proofs of affection" "Eloquent blood: the coming out of Fanny Price" "Emma the picture of health" "Persuasion: the pathology of everyday life" "Sanditon: the enjoyment of invalidism" | John Wiltshire | Life & Times
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| Jane Austen and the Body : 'the Picture of Health' | . | John Wiltshire | Life & Times
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| Jane Austen and the Clergy | Julie W: An enjoyable book although the proof-reader could have done a better job. | Irene Collins | Life & Times
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| Jane Austen and the English Landscape | Julie W: One of my favourite" JA and" books of all time. Wonderful illustrations and the text clears the fog of ignorance | Mavis Batey | Life & Times
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| Jane Austen and the English Landscape | It descibes the effect that various forms of literature of the times had on the landscaping of the country estates of England. - Mary Collette | Mavis Batey | Life & Times
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| Jane Austen and the Fiction of Her Time | . | Mary Waldron | Life & Times
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| Jane Austen and the French Revolution | . | Francis Warren Roberts | Life & Times
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| Jane Austen and the Navy | LouAnn: I really enjoyed this book. It talks about her brothers and their careers, and how "Navy stuff" relates to characters. For example, how did a midshipman get to be a lieutenant and then what? as it relates to William Price | Brian Southam | Life & Times
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| Jane Austen and the Theatre | . | Paula Byrne | Life & Times
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| Jane Austen's Letters | Mary Collette recommends this as a more complete collection of Jane Austen's letters. | Deirdre Le Faye (Editor) | Life & Times
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| Jane Austen's Little Advice Book | It is full of little quotes from Jane Austen. It gleans from all sources: her letters, her juvenilia, all her novels and her unfinished works. The quotes are taken both in context and out. - Mark | Cathryn Michon, Pamela Norris | Life & Times
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| Jane Austen's Sailor Brothers | Theis book was originally published in 1906 and reprinted in 1986. It is very short on details, but there are some interesting bits. It quotes from JA's letters as well as Francis' letters and his ship log entries. There is less information about Charles Austen (the other sailor brother) than about Francis, but Charles' family did live on board with him at times and there is some discussion about that. - Kathleen(elder) | J. H. Hubback | Life & Times
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| Jane Austen's Selected Letters | Recommended by Anne P. | R. W. Chapman | Life & Times
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| Jane Austen's World | Recommended by Shinjinee | Maggie Lane | Life & Times
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| Jane Austen: A Beginner's Guide | This book is exactly what it claims to be: a beginner's guide. It has some aspects in common with a user's guide: frequent summaries, keyword definitions, and so on. If you are new to Austen and need some help getting started, this is a great place to go. Not for Austen experts, though. | Rob Abbott | Life & Times
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| Jane Austen: A Companion | Kathi: Very interesting and useful. Ross looks at the context of JA's life though her letters and general information about England in that period and points out parallels in her books. She deals with the daily routine, fashion, books, relationships between men and women, ideas about beauty, rank, etc. | Josephine Ross | Life & Times
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| Jane Austen: A Family Record | Cinthia: The most comprehensive written and not an easy reading (shamefully I have not been able to read it all) but if one knows the generality it's easy to locate the detail there. | Deirdre Le Faye | Life & Times
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| Jane Austen: A Family Record | This is an expanded and updated version of the biography of JA by W. Austen-Leigh and R. A. Austen-Leigh, first published in 1913. Loads of information about the whole Austen family, their life and times. Very detailed - not a pick up and read in ten seconds type of book. Presumably the same as the Austen-Leigh Biography referenced above. - Caroline | William Austen-Leigh, Richard Austen-Leigh, Deirdre Le Faye | Life & Times
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| Jane Austen: A Life | Anne P:Jane Austen A Life by Claire Tomalin, Penguin Biography, ISBN 0-14-029690-5 I also like David Cecil's biog, but Claire Tomalin's is newer and from a decidedly feminine angle - more insight into 'what it was like for Jane' than Cecil's, which concentrates on the purely historical factual stuff. | Claire Tomalin | Life & Times
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| Jane and Her Gentlemen: Jane Austen and the Men in Her Life and Novels | Cinthia: Rather entertaining -if not profound. Includes chapters about the men in her life (family and acquaintances) and also the best part IMO the men in her fiction, the heroes and cads are reviewed and judged. | Audrey Hawkridge | Life & Times
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| Joseph Banks : A Life | . | Patrick O'Brian | Life & Times
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| Joseph Banks and the English Enlightenment | . | John Gascoigne | Life & Times
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| Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth : The Alfoxden Journal, The Grasmere Journal | Recommended by Kathleen(elder) | Dorothy Wordsworth, Mary Moorman (Editor) | Life & Times
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| Journals of Gilbert White 1774 1783, The | . | Gilbert White | Life & Times
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| Late Georgian Costume : The Tailor's Friendly Instructor | . | James Wyatt, R.L. Shep (Editor) | Life & Times
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| Letters to Alice; On First Reading Jane Austen | Has a very interesting chapter in it called "A Terrible Time to be Alive" - Lesley | Faye Weldon | Life & Times
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| Line of Battle, The : The Sailing Warship, 1650-1840 | One of a series of books called Conway's History of the Ship, a limited edition printing. Amazing amount of detail on how and where ships were built, rigged, armed manoeuvred, decorated, repaired. Lots of diagrams, pictures, models, comments. Strangely compelling and understandable even to this techno-idiot. - Caroline | Robert Gardiner (Editor) | Life & Times
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| Little Ice Age, The | Recommended by Linda Fern | Brian M. Fagan | Life & Times
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| Lost London | The inside blurb says "This is a rich pictorial chronicle of the changing face of London over the last century. (Afraid it covers more Victorian than Regency). - Inko | Hermione Hobhouse | Life & Times
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| Making of Pride and Prejudice, The | Shinjinee: This is perfect for someone who came to Austen because of this particular series - and there is enough information on the background - the costumes, the way in which characters behaved and why they behaved - to spike their interest. | Sue Birtwistle, Susie Conklin | Life & Times
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| Making of the English Working Class | Linden: This is a classic piece of historical writing. Thompson manages both the broad sweep and the details; the social analysis and bringing to life lots of the people who never make it to most history books. | Edward P. Thompson | Life & Times
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| Master and Commander | Shinjinee: Patrick O'Brian had a really encyclopaedic knowledge of the era and I found his books very good in providing some background to JA's world, expecially the naval part. | Patrick O'Brian | Life & Times
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| Memoir of Jane Austen, by Her Nephew | By her nephew with an introduction by Fay Weldon. - Inko I have. It's beautifully made, wonderful paper, comes in its own box, and as far as I know is only available through the society. It costs $Cdn 50.00 or more. I didn't buy it.! -Caroline | James E. Austen-Leigh | Life & Times
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| Men's Fashion : The Complete Sourcebook | The plates are clear and cover both England and France for the Regency period. Included is evening wear, day wear, underwear, night wear, etc. Not much discussion, but dating and good example of dress. Bibliography in back of book. -Liz | John Peacock | Life & Times
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| Model Wife, Nineteenth Century Style, The | Especially interesting is the chapter entitled "The Fashion Scene" which describes the Regency era clothing style. This book covers all of the 19th century so much of it is concerned with the Victorian world, but it does include insights into the regency period. - Lynne | Rona Randall | Life & Times
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| Mrs Hurst Dancing | A fabulous, quirky set of illustrations by Diana Spurling,amateur artist, dating from 1812-1823. The equivalent of snapshots, the illustrations provide a wealth of detail about everyday country life for teh gentry: the sphere in which JA lived. Tremendous fun and informative too. | DianaSperling( Introuduction by Elizabeth Longford | Life & Times
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| Natural History of Selborne, The | . | Gilbert White | Life & Times
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| Nelson's Navy | . | Brian Lavery | Life & Times
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| Not in front of the servants : a true portrait of Upstairs, downstairs life | Excellent book. There's an entire chapter on hierarchy below stairs. - Jessamyn | Frank Victor Dawes | Life & Times
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| Our Tempestuous Day: a History of Regency England | A social history of the Regency, mainly focusing on the Royal family, Beau Brummell and other important characters. It gives an excellent account of the Regency through the eyes of fashionable contemporaries, encompassing visits to Bath, visits to Paris in 1814 while Napoleon sat restlessly at Elba. Patricia Bingham | Carolly Erickson | Life & Times
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| Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes , The | To my delight, I discovered that all the illustrations are woodcuts from eighteenth and early nineteenth century children's books. Many obviously go with the rhymes, songs, ballads and puzzles mentioned. Originally publised in 1955, this copy is a re-issue of 1990, -Caroline | Iona Archibald Opie (Editor) | Life & Times
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| Pattern of Fashion 1: Englishwoman's Dresses and Their Construction | Recommended by Caroline. | Janet Arnold | Life & Times
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| Pleasures of Virtue,The: Political Thought in the Novels of Jane Austen | . | Anne Crippen Ruderman | Life & Times
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| Pleasures of the Imagination, The : English Culture in the Eighteenth C. | Definitely worth a look and seems done to a a high academic standard of accuracy.-Helen. The review in the Washington Post is, generally, favourable with some minor exceptions, especially those concerning proofreading and spelling errors! It doesn't cover the Regency, itself, but the century leading up to it and the Augustan period, which is actually Jane Austen's influence. -Inko | John Brewer | Life & Times
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| Prince of Pleasure and his Regency, 1811-20, The | Recommended by Inko | J. B. Priestley | Life & Times
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| Prospect Before Her, The | A great deal of background information on ideas that ruled women's lives. - Cassia | Olwen Hufton | Life & Times
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| Ramage | Anne P:The Ramage novels of Dudley Pope are not the world's greatest literature, but Pope was a distinguished naval historian and there was NOTHING he didn't know about Nelson's navy. If you want to find out how to provision, rig and sail a frigate, then read about the Calypso. If you want to understand taking prizes and prize courts, smuggling scams and the diets of jolly jack tars, it's all there. | Dudley Pope | Life & Times
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| Reader's Guide to the Nineteenth-Century English Novel, A | She is an Austen/English Lit Scholar at Harvard. Gives the American reader an insight into the society of 19th century England, starting with Austen and continuing through Dickens. Its chapters are divided into "Class and Money", "Government", etc. Very readable and well footnoted. Brown also wrote an Austen book quoted on the jacked of this book about Austen and here relationship to the social structure of her era - Jane E. | Julia Prewitt Brown | Life & Times
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| Regency Antiques | Boston Book and Art Shop. This one also has chapters on Porcelain, Textiles, Silver, Sheffield Plate, Glass, Waxes, Lamps and Candlesticks, Parlour Games, Door-Knockers and Door-Stops, Grates, Jewelry and Trinkets - Inko | Brian Read | Life & Times
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| Regency Companion, The | Various aspects of Regency life. Subheadings within chapters. Extensive bibliography. An example of the headings range from "Parasols" in the chapter about "The Fashionable Lady" to "Cookbooks" under "How They Lived." It also has bits about English manors and palaces, as well as brief tidbits about the lives of some extraordinary Regency characters. It is light, enjoyable reading and you can jump to the topics you are most eager to learn about. - Elaine | Sharon H. Laudermilk, Teresa L. Hamlin | Life & Times
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| Regency Design 1790-1840 : Gardens, Buildings, Interiors, Furniture | A tremendous book covering gardens, furniture, interior, etc, for most of the Georgian period. Contact Hamilton Books for your own copy for half off the list price of $150. Or you can get their catalog by leaving an email. -Cassia | John Morley | Life & Times
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| Regency Etiquette : The Mirror of Graces, 1811 | Regency Etiquette is an amusing, how-to book written in 1811 that covers female manners, dress and dancing. There are fashion illustrations and recipes for cosmetics. The constant references to the ancient Greeks shows the mentality of the elegant ladies of the time. - Mary | A Lady of Distinction | Life & Times
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| Regency Furniture | . | Frances Collard | Life & Times
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| Regency Plume, The | I think it is an excellent publication. There have been many good articles in all the issues I have received including an article on JA in Bath using references from The Letters. This is by subscription -Mary Collette | Newsletter | Life & Times
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| Regency Reference Book | This book was published personally by the author and can only be ordered from her: Ms. Dee Hendrickson 3585 Brighton Way Reno, Nevada 89509 The prices is $18.00 plus $2.50 for postage and handling - Mary Collette | Emily Hendrickson | Life & Times
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| Revolution in Fashion: European Clothing, 1715-1815 | Very rare and expensive book.Produced by the Kyoto Costume insitute in conjunction with an exhibiton of the same name.A series of articles on fashion of the period are well written and illustrated but the joy of the book is the detailed photographs of the exhibits.If you only want to buy one book on fashion in our period, then this is it . | Jean Starobinski | Life & Times
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| Small House at Allington, The | Catherine A: Explaining the ins and outs of the country parson, his daughter and village/small town life | Anthony Trollope | Life & Times
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| Thurtell-Hunt Murder Case, The : Dark Mirror to Regency England | A day-by-day account of one of the most infamous events of post-Regency England, a murder case in which writers like Dickens, thomas Carlyle and Thomas Burke have rewritten and reworked the crime's themes. I doubt that it has anything that Jane Austen would be familiar with, but there is no better source for the Regency underworld of card sharks, horse race fixers and boxing. Patricia Bingham | Albert Borowitz | Life & Times
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| Volcano Weather: The Story of 1816, the Year Without a Summer | Caroline: Saw this book mentioned in article about Mt. Tambora in the July issue of Smithsonian Magazine and thought it might be interesting. It is available through ABEbooks | Henry M. Stommel | Life & Times
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| Wesley and the Wesleyans | Helen: ). The blurb says it's a 'revisionary assessment of the Wesleyans and the Church of England in the C18th' - I wonder if 'revisionary' means he thinks they were in a good or bad state... | John Kent | Life & Times
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| What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew | Charming if slightly unreliable. - Jessamyn Interesting, but read with a critical eye. - Caroline | Daniel Pool | Life & Times
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| Wives and Daughters: Women and Children in the Georgian Country House | Joanna Martin scores again in another detailed study of life in Georgian times from a female perspective.An excellent, readable informative and enjoyable book and a good companion read to The Gentleman's Daughter. | Joanna Martin | Life & Times
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| Women, the Family, and Freedom : The Debate in Documents, 1750-1880 | Uses excerpts of documents published during this time to put forth the debate that was developing around these three subjects. Have only read a couple articles, but find it fascinating reading. I would not have guessed the idea of woman's role was beginning to be seriously challenged, but it is clear in the writing of those included in this volume Elaine | Susan Groag Bell, Karen M. Offen | Life & Times
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| Working Dress : A History of Occupational Clothing | Loads of information on servants, military, clergy, agricultural workers, industrial workers, firemen,postmen, coachmen, what they wore, what they did, how much they cost. Lots of contemporary accounts, fascinating stuff on women at sea and women in trousers, women in trades. One of my favourite books. - Caroline | Diana De Marly | Life & Times
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| World We Have Lost, The | Spencer: Although is not specifically about Jane Austen's era, as it covers the whole of post medieville, pre-modern English society it takes us up to JA's time and gives a wealth of background information. | Peter Laslett | Life & Times
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| World of Jane Austen, The | It describes her homes and the places she visited in Hampshire as well as Kent, London and others. It has many pictures of them as well. -Emily | Nigel Nicolson | Life & Times
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