Post by The Author on May 25, 2011 9:19:48 GMT -5
In the year 1812, England was in a state of political turmoil. King George III had just been declared legally insane, and his son, known as the Prince Regent, ruled the country in his stead. England was embroiled in not one, but two wars--one with France (The first of the Napoleonic Wars) and one with the newly-formed United States of America (The War of 1812).
But for the aristocrats and landed gentry in the English countryside, it was a time of innocence, leisure, and decadence. For a young lady born of a good family, the political situations of the outside world were of much less importance than finding a good husband. And "it is a truth, universally acknowledged that a single man, in possession of good fortune, must be in want of a wife...."
Join us as we attempt to recreate the world of Jane Austen--strong heroines, amiable gentlemen, unscrupulous scoundrels, and charming romances.
But for the aristocrats and landed gentry in the English countryside, it was a time of innocence, leisure, and decadence. For a young lady born of a good family, the political situations of the outside world were of much less importance than finding a good husband. And "it is a truth, universally acknowledged that a single man, in possession of good fortune, must be in want of a wife...."
Join us as we attempt to recreate the world of Jane Austen--strong heroines, amiable gentlemen, unscrupulous scoundrels, and charming romances.