The Jane Austen handbook Give-away & Review

Awhile back I was asked if I would be interested in writing a review of The Jane Austen Handbook : Proper Life Skills from Regency England. As a big fan of Miss Austen it didn't take me long to decide!

The Jane Austen Handbook is a guide about how to conduct yourself in Regency England as a genteel lady. However stuffy that may sound (except to Austen fans of course), stuffy it is not! This is a light-hearted, often hilarious read packed with genuine guidelines and advice. Each chapter presents the correct conduct and unspoken social rules for differing occasions which make it very easy to look up a particular subject at the drop of hat.

So many of the topics are still relevant and useful today ("How to get rid of unwanted guests"), some are what should be relevant today ("How to become known as a valuable neighbour") and others are full of amusing facts, some of which I did not previously know (Why Regency ladies usually did not wear underwear!)

Between chapters are pages of fascinating information such as who influenced fashion's of the era and the hierarchy of the social order.

The appendix are thorough and helpful; my favourite of which is the glossary of terms from the era which is quite invaluable for truly understanding the details of Regency life and Jane Austen novels.

If you are enjoying Jane Austen novels, films and the Regency era for the first time or if you would like to know more than you already do then this book is "must have". If you are a long time Austen fan then you may not benefit from every bit of knowledge packed into this book but you will still enjoy the playful way so much of it is written.

The Jane Austen Handbook : Proper Life Skill from Regency England is available from book shops at the retail price of £9.99 but....

we have one very pretty hardcover copy we will give-away to a lucky winner!



For a chance to win simply leave a comment telling us which Jane Austen novel is your favourite! Anyone can enter and we will pick a winner on Friday the 20th of May.

please note that our copy has the orginal cover from when the book was first published so will look different to the one above although all text is the same.

Good Luck!