Jane Austen at Home

Lucy Worsley Press Reviews

Critical acclaim for Jane Austen at Home:

'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

'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 must for any Austenite.'  Red magazine

'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

'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

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

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

Lucy Worsley 'is a great scene-setter for this tale of triumph and heartbreak'  Sunday Times

Readers LOVE Jane Austen at Home:

'A "tour de force" which should be in the reading list of anyone who has either read the books or watched the film adaptations.' 

'This book is a delight . . . I will return to Austen's novels with a greater appreciation of the hardships and hopes of her heroines.' 

'I devoured this. Jane's story is told in vivid prose and a compassionate manner.'