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ISSN 1743-
£5.50 Issue 100Jul / Aug 2019
100 reasons to love Jane Austen marking one hundred
previewing this year’s Austen celebrationsfestival time in bath
exploring the hidden world of icehouseskept in cold storage
published in the georgian cityof edinburgh
Contents
Cover image by Jason Dorley Brown (jasondorleybrown.com)
4 ton up for jane austen’s regency world
Marking our 100th edition with 100 reasons to love Jane
10 news
20 letters
22 ten days of jane
Raising the curtain on this year’s Jane Austen Festival in Bath
27 centenarian celebrations
Reaching the age of 100 was a rare feat in Georgian times
32 if walls could talk
Austen would have known the stunning Devonshire House
38 new: regency heroine
Introducing our new feature with Dorothy Jordan
39 love had to wait
Matthew Flinders put adventures in Australia before romance
49 placed in cold storage
Ice houses were a popular precursor of the modern refrigerator
54 regency rogue
James McKean, hanged for murder and robbery
60 book reviews
plus, news from jane austen societies