14998 Austen's Characters Front board is detached

Front board is detached

The section on Austen is fascinating

explores Fanny Burney's childhood

Green paper boards

Edmund Burke and Sheridan

14998 Austen's Characters Front board is detachedA massive book (11 1 2 by 9 by 2 1 2 inches). Burgundy pebbled cloth. Gilt title. 667 pgs plus foldout map pasted in the back. Originally published in 1901. Packed full of b&w illustrations. Very slight fading to the spine and a little bumping at top and bottom, otherwise in beautiful condition. Social history addressing everything from church to clothes to the French Revolution. Cost of living, food and drink, street conditions, superstitions,