Jane's Contemporaries

John Playford: The English Dancing Master

John Playford may have lived some time before Austen, but the English Dancing Master, published by Playford, influenced country dancing for centuries to come.

Sir Walter Scott: Author & Critic

A biography of influential Scottish novelist, Sir Walter Scott

The Indomitable Mrs. Siddons

Mrs. Siddons - The Life of One of Britain's Greatest Actresses "Well, mother, I have done something for you that you will like. I have been to the theatre, and secured a box for to-morrow night. A'...

Josiah Wedgewood and the Birth of English Pottery

A study of classic English China and it's European Beginnings

The Madness of King George

What actually afflicted Jane Austen's Monarch

John Keats: An Austen Successor?

Writer, Poet and Austen successor?

A Brief History of Love Letters

The love letter has been composed and treasured for centuries...

D'Arcy Wentworth: Heroic Inspiration?

The Man Behind the Names