Jane Austen
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Book Tour & Review | “What Would Jane Austen Do?” by Linda Corbett
I’ve made no secret of my love of Jane Austen spin-offs, or retellings, and I am really excited to share Linda Corbett‘s new Jane Austen-themed novel What Would Jane Austen Do? If you like heroines who love Austen, family intrigue, blossoming relationships and a celebration of literature, I think you will really like this book! read more
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Review & Blog Tour | “The Late Mrs. Willoughby” by Claudia Gray
I don’t know about you, but I love a cosy mystery. I grew up on a diet of Midsomer Murders and one of my favourite period dramas of all time is Endeavour, which follows the young Inspector Morse through through the 1960s and into the 1970s. It is even better when these kind of mysteries read more
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New Podcast | History Extra, “Jane Austen’s England”
Happy (belated!) new year everyone! I’ve been a little quiet over the festive period, but have some fun things to share really soon I’ve been really enjoying reading and researching! I’m really thrilled to kick off the new year by sharing that today’s BBC History Extra podcast has me in the hot seat answering questions read more
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My 6 Favourite Jane Austen Filming Locations
Today is Jane Austen’s birthday! The author was born on this day, December 16th, in the year 1775 at Steventon in Hampshire. As you might have guessed, I wanted to write something to celebrate her birthday on my blog, so I decided to share with you some of my favourite historic properties that have been read more
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Review | “Pride and Protest” by Nikki Payne
I get incredibly excited whenever I come across a new retelling of Jane Austen novels, especially when it is one that transforms my favourite of all her novels, Pride and Prejudice. I think the best part of the way different authors play with the story and satire Austen first shared with the world in 1813 read more
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Review & Blog Tour | “Godmersham Park” by Gill Hornby
It is a truth universally acknowledged that I get ridiculously excited when I have the opportunity to read a book connected to Jane Austen. I think I’ve made that clear on this blog (perhaps a little too clear?!), and today is no exception. I’m really pleased to be able to host the blog tour of read more
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Review & Blog Tour | “A Lady’s Guide to Death and Deception”, by Katherine Cowley
I’ve been thinking the last few years every time I return to Pride and Prejudice that maybe (just maybe!) Mary Bennet gets a raw deal. Yes, she is a little insufferable, particularly when she is moralising about the virtue of a woman just as Lydia runs off with Wickham, which is both unhelpful and unnecessary read more
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Persuasion Review for BBC History Extra
I am absolutely THRILLED (capitals necessary, I’m an excitable person!) to share that I was asked to review Persuasion from an historian’s perspective for History Extra, the website of BBC History Magazine and BBC History Revealed. My review has gone live today, and if you are a subscriber (or fancy trialing the website free for read more
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Rereading Jane Austen | Persuasion
It’s an important day in the Jane Austen calendar today – 245 years since her death in 1817. It’s possibly the world’s worst kept secret that I love Jane Austen, and I wanted to share something in her honour. With everything flying around the internet about the most recent adaptation of her work, released just read more
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On my period drama radar | June & July 2022
We are spoilt over the next couple of weeks for period dramas in my opinion (and as you can see, I’ve been re-watching my favourites from the cover photo of this blog) – an embarrassment of Regency riches, as well as one big musical biopic, that I am desperate to get to see. Here’s what read more
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Dr. Lizzie Rogers 