Travel in Jane Austen’s England

September 10, 2020September 10, 2020 ~ Brenda S Cox ~ 2 Comments

Travelers in Jane Austen's England used all kinds of vehicles, though none were very safe or very fast.

Romance in Zanzibar: Princess Salme

January 2, 2020December 25, 2019 ~ Brenda S Cox ~ 6 Comments

A Zanzibari princess of the 1800s fell in love and abandoned her lovely home to become a German housewife. Her memoirs drew East and West closer together.

Of Catholics, Riots, and the Theatre in Bath

November 7, 2019November 4, 2019 ~ Brenda S Cox ~ 1 Comment

Catholics in Jane Austen's England suffered many restrictions and sometimes even violence. In Bath, they eventually found a place to worship in the Old Orchard Street Theatre.

Jane Austen and the Reformation by Roger E. Moore: Review and Highlights

October 31, 2019October 31, 2019 ~ Brenda S Cox ~ 3 Comments

Jane Austen may have been looking back nostalgically to the Catholic monasteries of England when she wrote Northanger Abbey and other novels. Roger E. Moore describes the "sacred landscape" of England after the Reformation, and how it affected Austen.