Women of Science: Caroline Herschel

Two beautiful historical novels explore the life of the "lady astronomer" of Austen's England.

Gout and the Waters of Bath, Part 2

Did the waters of Bath really help the gout?

What is the gout, why did people go to Bath for it, and did the waters of Bath help?

A church, a chapel, an abbey, and a cathedral: What's the difference? And which ones would Catherine Morland of Northanger Abbey have seen in Bath?

Austen’s world was in a process of transformation, and two leaders of the changes were the church and science.