Jane Austen's Family

This Book Offers An Intimate And Intriguing Account Of Jane Austen's Relations, From 1704, When Her Great-grandmother Was Left A Widow With Six Children To Support, Through To 1870, And The Destinies Of Her Many Nephews And Nieces. Drawing Extensively On Letters And Memoirs Written By The Austen Family Over A Period Of 150 Years, This Book Traces The Development Of The Family From Vigorous Georgian Opportunism To Respectable Victorian Gentility.