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Posts Tagged ‘ Jane Austen ’

Montagu Knight’s Edwardian Christmas

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Wednesday, 30th November, 2011
Montagu Knight’s Edwardian Christmas

The grand opulence of the Edwardian period is to be recreated when Chawton House Library celebrates the festive season with an Open House Weekend on 17th and 18th December.   The historic house will be decorated with swags, garlands, trees and baubles, and visitors will mingle with Edwardian costumed staff; sample traditional fare, including mulled...
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Poison and Prejudice or was Jane Austen Poisoned?

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Saturday, 22nd October, 2011
Poison and Prejudice or was Jane Austen Poisoned?

Tucked away in a drawer in the cottage where Jane Austen lived is a glass case containing a wispy, faded lock of her hair. Like the thousands of tourists who visit the place each year, crime writer Lindsay Ashford pulled out the drawer and glanced at the tangled strands, never suspecting they could hold...
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