Eloping couples made their ‘dash’ across the Scottish border to reach this very building, often with furious fathers and jilted fiancés in hot pursuit.
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Runaway Weddings: We Dash To Gretna Green
Eloping couples made their ‘dash’ across the Scottish border to reach this very building, often with furious fathers and jilted fiancés in hot pursuit.
The Tedettes Jane Austen Book Club: Home life at Chawton House
In 1809, Jane and her sister Cassandra went to live in Chawton House
‘I Must Keep My Own Style and Go My Own Way’: The Tedettes Jane Austen Bookclub
The Tedettes are thrilled to find a letter written by their heroine in 1815. The letter is addressed to the personal librarian of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales. Fancy having a personal librarian! The prince was the Regent. That means he was being the king even though he wasn’t. This can be baffling toContinueContinue reading “‘I Must Keep My Own Style and Go My Own Way’: The Tedettes Jane Austen Bookclub”
The Tedette’s Jane Austen Book Club gets their paws on Jane’s History of England
The history of England by Jane Austen aged 16. Illustrated by sister Cassandra
Mawson Bear 