An authoritative account of everyday life in Regency England, the backdrop of Austen\047s beloved novels Nearly two centuries after her death, Jane Austen remains the most cherished of all novelists in the English language, incomparable in the wit, warmth, and insight with which she depicts her characters and life. Yet the milieu Austen presents is only one aspect of the England in which she lived, a time of war, unrest, and dramatic changes in the country\047s physical and social landscape." Jane Austen\047s England "offers a fascinating new view of the great novelist\047s time, in a wide-ranging and richly detailed social history of English culture. As in their bestselling book" Nelson\047s Trafalgar, " Roy and Lesley Adkins have drawn upon a wide array of contemporary sources to chart the daily lives of both the gentry and the commoners, providing a vivid cultural snapshot of not only how people worked and played, but how they struggled to survive.