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Fascinating biography of a cosmopolitan society woman of the 18th century - Elizabeth Chudleigh 1720-1788
Analyzes the novels to decipher the principles upon which Jane Austen based her writing
Why do we still spend so much time and energy studying the period 1760-1830
Bicentenary Impression
18132 Music Film and Theatre Fascinating biography of a cosmopolitanIn Austen's time, was "every man surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies"? There were certainly spies. This book dives into the story of Britain's spies, rebels, and secret societies between the late 1780's and 1820. British upper classes feared overthrow of their own government might follow events in France and elsewhere, and were happy to fund an expensive "secret service" of double agents and spies. The stakes were high, as treason merited