Life in the English Country House: A Social and Architectural History4 reviews Mark Girouard Yale University Press, 1994 This will become a fixture on your nightstand + 8 Centuries of English Country Homes & the Societies and Functions They Served. + The Archaeology of the British + Very informative             18th Century Embroidery Techniques9 reviews Gail Marsh Guild of Master Craftsman, 2006 Wonderful book + Thorough, Beautiful, Entertaining, Informative + a beautiful thing + How to embroider a frock coat + 18th Century Embroidery Techniques             Family, Sex and Marriage in England 1500-1800 (Abridged, no footnotes)3 reviews Lawrence Stone Harper Perennial, 1983 Excellent information source for genealogists and historians + Sex in the Early Modern Times and What Not This densely written and lengthy book is sometimes difficult reading, but more than worth the effort! It is an excellent source of information for genealogists trying to understand the motivation of ancestors whose actions seem incomprehensible today. By providing detailed analysis of family ...             The Annotated Pride and Prejudice42 reviews Jane Austen Anchor Books, 2007 Excellent background information + Now I get it! + If you knew Darcy like I know Darcy... + Perfect for the Austen fan + The annotated pride and prejudice             An Assembly Such as This: A Novel of Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman (Fitzwilliam Darcy Gentleman)184 reviews Pamela Aidan Touchstone, 2006 Pride and Prejudice Sequels + Come on, admit it ..... + Happy with Mr. Darcy + Pleasantly Surprised + Finally a great Darcy perspective of P&P             Mansfield Park (BBC, 1986)65 reviews Jackie Smith-Wood, Robert Burbage BBC Warner, 2004 Fabulous for the Purist!! + Review of Mansfield Park + Mansfield Park Excellent adaptation. I dislike, very much, when a teleplay strays from the story you already know and love. It disturbs me greatly when a story is so rushed. This story is not so rushed and allows the imagination to play along. I am so happy that I heeded to the 5 star reviews instead of the 1 ...             Persuasion (Oxford World's Classics)12 reviews Jane Austen Oxford University Press, USA, 2004 An investment in pleasure. + Jane Austin works + Read Twice, or Not At All. + great story but it took a little while to get into the rhythm of the language             Mansfield Park (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Jane Austen)1 review Jane Austen Cambridge University Press, 2005 Best Series This is one in the Cambridge University Press series of all of Austen's novels. For my comments on the series, please go to my review of "Sense and Sensibility."             Costume in Detail: 1730-193014 reviews Nancy Bradfield Costume & Fashion Press, 1997 costume survey + Wonderful resource + Saved Me from MisIdentification Countless Times! + Costume in Detail: 1730-1930             Mansfield Park (Penguin Classics)24 reviews Jane Austen Penguin Classics, 2003 Jane Austen's most complex novel... + Great but not Jane Austen's best! + I loved it until the end + Excellent + A Personal Favourite             What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew: From Fox Hunting to Whist-The Facts of Daily Life in ...66 reviews Daniel Pool Touchstone, 1994 Immensely pleasurable research read! + Good companion to Dickens + An amazing tool! History fans and lovers of 19th Century literature will adore this wonderful guide to the everyday lives of people in England in that era. Everything you might care to know about work, transportation, dress, play, manners and morals and so much more is here. Perhaps you have a novel in the works ...             Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife: Pride and Prejudice Continues468 reviews Linda Berdoll Sourcebooks Landmark, 2004 Couldn't put it down! + Darcy and Elizabeth + Couldn't put it down and can't keep it on the shelf Yes, there is sex in this book. It is about a newlywed couple very much in love. If that is something that will offend you, then read something else. After reading a few of these reviews, I was skeptical to start this book, but after reading the authors own advice on P&P sequel, I gave it a ...             English Women's Clothing in the Nineteenth Century: A Comprehensive Guide with 1,117 Illustrations10 reviews C. Willett Cunnington Dover Publications, 1990 DEFINITIVE REFERENCE + Terrific Resource + A good resource for historical costumes for reenactors + English Women's Clothing in the 19th Century + Overall, I was very pleased with this book.             Sense and Sensibility (BBC, 1981)26 reviews Irene Richard, Tracey Childs BBC Warner, 2004 Sense and Sensibillities + "Undervalued, in Some Respects" + Elegant adaptation of the classic Probably the best production of Jane Austen's novels. Thoroghly enjoyable and absorbing. Just a great presentation!             Wives and Daughters: Women and Children in the Georgian Country House2 reviews Joanna Martin Hambledon & London, 2004 Great Women + An interesting tour through three centuries of women Joanna Martin is already author of two books, Fox Talbot and Glamorgan and A Governess in the Age of Jane Austen. She is also an extremely talented professional genealogist. In her latest book she applies the scrutinising eye of a true professional to an interrelated group of families, focussing on ...             The Cambridge Illustrated History of Medicine5 reviews Cambridge University Press, 2001 An excellente review of the "History of Medicine" + Good book. + Good additional text to team up with your other medical books + Good Overview, Broad Spectrum + Well written, lavishly illustrated             Masterpiece Theatre: Mansfield Park73 reviews Billie Piper, Blake Ritson WGBH Boston, 2008 Mansfield Park I am a big Jane Austin fan. I always like the books better than the movies. However this movie is true to the book and I enjoyed it very much.             These Three Remain: A Novel of Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman120 reviews Touchstone, 2007 Excellent Service Received item exactlly as advertised. Delivery was punctual. I'd buy from this company again. Thank you.             Nineteenth-Century Fashion in Detail14 reviews Lucy Johnston Victoria and Albert Museum, 2006 The best book for research in making historical costume + HIstoric Fasion ~ Detailed + Simply breathtaking! + Stupid Amazon!             Behind the Scenes: Domestic Arrangements in Historic Houses1 review Christina Hardyment, National Trust (Great Britain) Harry N Abrams, 1997 Fascinating book with beautiful pictures Most books about houses dwell on country house parties and the upstairs life, while this one is especially interesting when it covers parts of the household that you would not think of, such as the dairy. Perhaps a complaint would be that the book concentrates only on grand houses instead of on ...