Fairfax House, York: Dress in the Age of Jane Austen

 Click here to see a video!! Fairfax House, York FASHION SEMINAR: AN AIR OF ELEGANCE AND FASHION Dress in the Age of Austen with Hilary Davidson RIDAY 7 OCTOBER 2011 Opening time: 7.00pm Location: Fairfax House Cost: £14.00 (York Civic Trust members and Friends of Fairfax House £12.00, Students £8.00) Jane Austen’s lifetime and her career as a writer encompass one of the [...]

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Jane Austen’s Watsons manuscript…SOLD!!!!

Jane Austen’s manuscript went on sale yesterday sold for  £993,250 ($1.6m) yesterday in London – three times more than expected. There’s a clip from the BBC which makes fascinating viewing!Oxford University’s Bodleian Library later said it had bought the Austen manuscript and it would go on display this year. Here’s another clip from the BBC with Sotheby’s Gabriel Heaton talking [...]

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Easter Giveaway copy of Willoughby’s Return, celebrating 200 years of Sense and Sensibility

As it’s Easter and we are celebrating two hundred years of Sense and Sensibility this year, I’d like to offer a signed copy of Willoughby’s Return. Please leave a comment below telling me who your favourite character is from Sense and Sensibility. The offer will be open until May 1st, 2011, and is open to [...]

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Is this a portrait of the Austen family in 1781?

The ‘Conversation Piece’. Is this a portrait of the Austen Family? Is this a portrait of the Austen Family in 1781? Whilst conducting research into the ‘Rice’ portrait, Mr. Robin Roberts discovered a very interesting picture, which seems to have gone unnoticed in a Christie’s catalogue. The sale of the property of Mrs. Robert Tritton [...]

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Ozias Humphry and the Austen Family: Part Two

Identifying Ozias Humphry’s work is not always easy, especially when his signature is not always to be found on a piece of artwork. And even when it is there, it’s often so lightly painted in as to hardly be seen. This is certainly the case in the Craven and Granard portrait, which can be found [...]

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End of my blog tour with a Grande Finale! Interview and review with Laurel Ann of Austenprose.

As my blog tour for Mr. Darcy’s Secret comes to a close, I’d just like to thank everyone who has been so kind in welcoming me onto their blogs, and for the many wonderful reviews I’ve received.  Last on the tour, but by no means least, is a review from the lovely Laurel Ann at [...]

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Mr. Darcy’s Secret – and Elizabeth has one too!

The big day is here at last! Mr. Darcy’s Secret is out today and here I am proudly clutching my new novel!!! There have been a lot of people trying to find out Mr. Darcy’s secret without having the bother of reading the book…and by asking extremely impertinent questions which have also included several devious methods [...]

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Jane Austen’s Birthday Event! Jane’s Birthday Wish – Part Two

Thank you to everyone who stopped by to leave such lovely comments on my blog on Jane Austen’s birthday!The competition is still open to win a signed copy of Willoughby’s Return until 22nd December, so if you wish to leave a comment, please do so, and don’t forget to visit the other participating websites – [...]

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Jane Austen’s Fiction Manuscripts

Here are a couple of interesting links to news about Jane Austen on the net which discuss Jane’s books being heavily edited and there is even a suggestion that she was a bad speller. How can they say such a thing?! Here’s one from the Guardian which does at least try to defend our Jane! [...]

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Did Jane Austen ever visit Tenby?

I’ve just come back from visiting family in Pembrokeshire, Wales. I always love a trip to Tenby where there is a gem of a bookshop at the bottom of a medieval passage. The Tudor Merchant’s house is well worth a visit too – you have to pass it down the steps to get to the [...]

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