Jane Odiwe Jane Austen Sequels

I've been very lucky to receive two lovely books in the post this week - they are being published by Shire Books in July, and I'm sure will be of great interest for those of you who collect all things Jane! From prize-winning historical novelist Louise Allen , this book presents eight walks through both the London Jane Austen knew and the London of her novels! Follow in Jane's footsteps to her publisher's doorstep and the Prince Regent's vanished palace, see where she stayed when she was correcting proofs of Sense and Sensibility and accompany her on a shopping expedition - and afterwards to the theatre. In modern London the walker can still visit the church where Lydia Bennett married Wickham, stroll with Elinor Dashwood in Kensington Palace Gardens or imagine they follow Jane's naval officer brothers as they stride down Whitehall to the Admiralty. From well-known landmarks to hidden corners, these walks reveal a lost London that can still come alive i...

George Romney's House I took a walk to Hampstead Heath with a friend this week and took a lot of photos. The day had started fine but ominous looking clouds soon covered the periwinkle sky. Nothing could take away the beauty of the Heath and the surrounding area - it was wonderful to be outside again and looking at trees and plants springing forth. The magnolias in Golders Hill Park are not quite out but there were daffodils and irises, and blossom on the trees. The Pergola, Hampstead Heath Beautiful twisting trunks of Magnolias-not quite out! This reminds me of Daphne du Maurier's 'The Birds' A view of the Pergola, Hampstead Heath Keats's House The Pergola, Hampstead Heath Hampstead Heath filled with trees that could have been drawn by Arthur Rackham The Pergola, Hampstead Heath Romney's house The whole area is so wonderfully atmospheric. I'm re...