Event Description
Following the success of her sold-out Agatha Christie tour, acclaimed historian Lucy Worsley, familiar to many from her TV appearances, leads us into the life of one of English literature’s most cherished figures.
For these beautifully-illustrated live talks, Lucy invites audiences to step into the world of Jane Austen, the beloved author of timeless classics including Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility and Persuasion.
By examining the houses, places and possessions that mattered to Austen, Lucy takes a fascinating look at what home meant to Jane and to the women like her who populate her novels. Austen famously lived a ‘life without incident’, but with new research and insights Lucy uncovers a passionate woman who fought for her freedom – a woman who, far from being a lonely spinster, in fact had at least five marriage prospects, but in the end refused to settle for anything less than Mr Darcy.