Jennie Batchelor is Professor of Eighteenth-Century Studies at the University of Kent and the author of five books and many articles and book chapters. Jennie has co-hosted embroidery workshops and given various talks about embroidery, Jane Austen and Regency fashion for many events, including Lucy Worsley’s BBC documentary ‘Jane Austen: Behind Closed Doors’.
Alison Larkin is a practising embroiderer who lectures on various aspects of needlework. She regularly runs classes and workshops. She has won many awards and written for the journals Costume and The Journal of Dress History.
'If you are looking for a pretty project, you love Jane Austen,
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*SEW Region Magazine*
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'A very accessible book and one that will appeal to a variety of
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*Jane Austen Society*
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sight!).'
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*Jane Austen’s Regency World*
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