Highlights
📚 Experience a captivating talk by Dr Amy Wilcockson
🎭 Uncover the scandals behind Jane Austen’s novels
👑 Discover the complex lives of Regency-era figures
🗣️ Engage in an interactive Q&A session
General Info
📅 Date: 16 September 2026
🕒 Time: 19:00
⏱️ Duration: 2h 30min
📍 Venue: 21Soho, 3-5 Sutton Row, Soho Square, Soho, London W1D 4NR, UK
♿ Accessibility: Check accessibility details here
👤 Age requirement: This is an 18+ event
Description
Uncover the scandal behind Jane Austen’s novels – rebellion, romance and royal secrets await. Followed by Q&A.
Explore a world of rebellion, revolution and romance with Dr Amy Wilcockson, as we uncover the scandalous history and groundbreaking literature of Jane Austen’s Britain. From illegal secret marriages and high-profile royal divorces to courtesans publishing tell-all memoirs, and the turmoil of the Napoleonic wars – the Regency period and its people were complex, conflicted and endlessly fascinating.
Dr Amy Wilcockson takes you on a whistle-stop tour of the early nineteenth century, weaving together reckless royals, Romantic poets, and pioneering female authors to reveal how the roots of modern celebrity culture and romance literature were first laid down two hundred years ago. Together, we’ll explore the diverse and challenging histories of this era, and discover how Jane Austen’s England is remarkably similar to our own.
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