Jane Austen Media Reviews

Perdita: The Literary, Theatrical, Scandalous Life of Mary Robinson by Paula Byrne

Perdita: The Literary, Theatrical, Scandalous Life of Mary Robinson For those who enjoy the Regency period and life of George IV, this is one of the most perfect books to introduce you into the...

Medically Speaking

The Cambridge Illustrated History of Medicine by Roy Porter I decided, given the variation in literature available, to read and review three books on medicine by Roy Porter at once. They are thi...

The Girl From Botany Bay

The Girl from Botany Bay by Carolly Erickson Mary Broad had a brief moment of celebrity, and this is probably one of the only reasons we know so much about the life and times of not just Bro...

The Art of Regency War

British Military Spectacle : From the Napoleonic Wars through the Crimea By Scott Hughs Myerly It was only after I had read some way into this book that I realised that it must have been some ...

The Worlds of Georgette Heyer

Georgette Heyer's Regency World by Jennifer Kloester As the patroness of two online discussion lists, Janeites, for Jane Austen Fans, and the Georgette Heyer discussion list, I am just the audie...

Two Views of Napoleon

Napoleon's Russian Campaign by Count Phillipe-Paul de Segur This is a raw account of Napoleon's Russian 1812 Russian Campaign from not just an eye witness, but a French officer and aide to Napo...

Capt Gronow and Sir Harry Smith Write their Memoirs

Captain Gronow: His Reminiscences of Regency and Victorian Life, 1810-60 By Christopher Hibbit   This is a very difficult book to review as I liked it a lot, but I still have a number of res...

Kings and Princes: Lives of the Georgian Royalty

George III: A Personal History by Christopher Hibbert I did enjoy this book, Hibbert has a way of including small details of life within the larger context of of his subject which gives wonde...

Passion and Principle & The Regency Underworld

Passion and Principle: The Loves and Lives of Regency Women by Jane Aiken Hodge There were three issues at stake when I tried to figure out just how I would rate this book excellent book by Hod...

What the Butler Saw & High Society in the Regency

What the Butler Saw: Two Hundred and Fifty Years of the Servant Problem by E. S. Turner A book which goes on a special shelf in my library P.G. Wodehouse This is a lively foray into a world ...

Scholarly looks at Trafalgar and Waterloo

Trafalgar : The Biography of a Battle by Roy Adkins Truly a biography of this battle - a pivotal event in European history. This seems to be the same book as the American Published one entitl...

A History of the Englishman's Food and An Interview with Wellington's Cook.

Your Most Obedient Servant: Cook to the Duke of Wellington by James Thornton What an odd little book! A few years ago this written interview between Lord Frederick Fitzclarence and a cook call...