Eavesdropping on Jane Austen's England
Roy Adkins et Lesley Adkins2013

"Eavesdropping on Jane Austen's England" explores the real England of Jane Austen's lifetime. It was a troubled period, with disturbing changes in agriculture and industry, and a constant dread of invasion and revolution : a complete contrast to the comfortable, tranquil world of her fiction. From forced marriages and the sale of wives in marketplaces to boys and girls working down mines or as chimney sweeps, this enthralling social history reveals how our ancestors worked, played and struggled to survive. Taking in the horror of ghosts and witches, bull-baiting, highwaymen and the stench of corpses swinging on roadside gibbets, this book is a must-read for anyone wanting to discover the genuine story of Jane Austen's England and the background to her novels.

Titre original : Eavesdropping on Jane Austen's England (2013)