Fashion Museum, Bath:
The Fashion Museum in Bath isn’t just about Jane Austen. Currently showing is What Will She Wear: The Enduring Romance of the …
Postal Museum, Bath:
We know as much of Jane Austen as we do because of her letters to her sister. By the 1800s, the postal …
Chawton House Library:
Chawton House Library is a UK charity with a collection of books focusing on women’s writing in English from 1600 to 1830. …
Chawton Cottage
Jane Austen’s House Museum maintains Chawton Cottage, the home where Jane Austen did most of her mature writing during the last eight …
Bath, England:
Visit Bath is the official tourism website for the city that Jane built, and the Austen connections are numerous, although of course …
Pump Room, The:
The Pump Room overlooks the Roman Baths and it remains an elegant place to have tea, but in Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey: …
Baths, The Roman:
The Roman Baths drew visitors to the city of Bath with the promise of health and vitality from the waters of the …
Regency:
Specifically the years 1811, after King George III is deemed unfit to rule and his son is named Regent, to 1820, when …
primogeniture:
Generally, the law or custom that the first-born or oldest surviving son should be the presumed inheritor. That’s why there are a …
phaeton:
A carriage with four large wheels, usually seating two, drawn by a single horse or tandem, often with a folding top. It …