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Book SynopsisWhat happened when Jane Austen’s heroines and heroes were finally wed?
Trade Review“Muir’s well-informed, entertaining book surveys romantic love and marriage among the real-life counterparts of Austen’s characters in an England threatened with invasion and agitated by calls for political reform.”—Jenny McAuley,
Financial Times“Digs wide and deep into the historical record to provide a documentary account of what falling in love and living happily ever after really involved in late Georgian England.”—Kathryn Hughes,
Sunday Times“A delightful new book. . . . Animated by much original reading, here we see a colourful age in great colour.”—
Unseen Histories“Rory Muir’s comprehensive, elegant, and incisive book will delight readers by shedding new light on a subject that we thought we knew everything about, but didn’t.”—Paula Byrne, author of
The Real Jane Austen“An insightful exploration of Regency hearts and their entanglements. Muir’s elegant yet compassionate history vividly reveals the realities of love and marriage, along a spectrum from difficulty to delight.”—Hilary Davidson, author of
Jane Austen’s Wardrobe
