Jane Austen at Home: A Biography (Paperback)

'Jane Austen at Home offers a fascinating look at Jane Austen's world through the lens of the homes in which she lived and worked throughout her life. The result is a refreshingly unique perspective on Austen and her work and a beautifully nuanced exploration of gender, creativity, and domesticity.' - Amanda Foreman 

'A vivid portrait of Jane Austen. A must for any Austenite.' - Red 

'Brilliant and very moving, this book is a fascinating and original exploration of Jane Austen with lots of new material - Worsley brings Austen to life superbly, through her pages she is a flesh and blood woman, intelligent, powerful, contradictory, loving, loved. A magnificent book.' - Kate Williams

'This is my kind of history: carefully researched but so vivid that you are convinced Lucy Worsley was actually there at the party - or the parsonage.' - Antonia Fraser 

'Rarely, if ever, will you encounter a historian so in command of their material. Truly, this is a dazzling exercise in persuasion, written with sense and sensibility'. - Saturday Express

'A deep, prolifically researched dive into the houses, vacation homes, and schools where the author spent her life.' - Vogue

'Worsley offers us much that Austen's admirers wish to know... [she] is entirely convincing.' - New York Times 

'An interesting portrait of Georgian and Regency material culture. There's much intriguing historical detail.' - Literary Review 

'A sprightly new take on Austen's life.' - Mail on Sunday