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List view record 1: Jane Austen in 41 objectsList view anchor tag for record 1: Jane Austen in 41 objects

Jane Austen in 41 objects

Sutherland, Kathryn2025
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More than 200 years after Jane Austen's death at the age of just 41, we are still looking for clues about this extraordinary writer's life. What might we learn if we take a glimpse inside the biographies of objects that crossed her path in life and afterwards - things that she cherished or cast a...
List view record 2: Jane Austen, the secret radicalList view anchor tag for record 2: Jane Austen, the secret radical
List view record 3: Jane Austen Year Celebrating 250 years of Jane AustenList view anchor tag for record 3: Jane Austen Year Celebrating 250 years of Jane Austen
List view record 4: The last tsar : the abdication of Nicholas II and the fall of the RomanovsList view anchor tag for record 4: The last tsar : the abdication of Nicholas II and the fall of the Romanovs
List view record 5: HMS Pickle : the swiftest ship in Nelson's Trafalgar fleetList view anchor tag for record 5: HMS Pickle : the swiftest ship in Nelson's Trafalgar fleet
List view record 6: Jane Austen at homeList view anchor tag for record 6: Jane Austen at home

Jane Austen at home

Worsley, Lucy2024
Books
This telling of the story of Jane's life shows us how and why she lived as she did, examining the rooms, spaces and possessions which mattered to her, and the way in which home is used in her novels to mean both a place of pleasure and a prison.
List view record 7: How to build a body that lasts : exercises for longevity, strength and healthList view anchor tag for record 7: How to build a body that lasts : exercises for longevity, strength and health
List view record 8: D-Day landing craft : how 4,126 'ugly and unorthodox' Allied craft made the Normandy Landings possibleList view anchor tag for record 8: D-Day landing craft : how 4,126 'ugly and unorthodox' Allied craft made the Normandy Landings possible
List view record 9: How to say Babylon : a Jamaican memoirList view anchor tag for record 9: How to say Babylon : a Jamaican memoir

How to say Babylon : a Jamaican memoir

Sinclair, Safiya2024
Books
Born in Montego Bay, Jamaica, where luxury hotels line pristine white sand beaches, Safiya Sinclair grew up guarding herself against an ever-present threat. Preaching fire and brimstone, her father, a volatile reggae musician and strict believer in a militant sect of Rastafari, railed against Bab...
List view record 10: Born in the FiftiesList view anchor tag for record 10: Born in the Fifties
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