Tag: Napoleonic Wars

New Vignette from Current Work in Progress

I love this time of year. I particularly adore when all the flowers pop out from hiding and the weather warms enough for us to walk out and enjoy them. Today’s “May Flowers” post is a brand new vignette written to accompany my current work in progress, entitled These Dreams. You will be the first to read hints …

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Jane Austen and her Times by Mary Simonsen

Welcome to All Things Austen in April! Today, I am writing about the world Jane Austen lived in. Jane Austen was born at a fascinating time. In America, His Majesty’s oldest colony was in revolt, and the war would rage on for eight very long years. Another revolution played a larger role in Jane’s life. The French Revolution …

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