Publisher's Synopsis
By focusing on the woman rather than the author, Tucker paints a new and welcome portrait of Jane Austen - not the spinster recluse of previous biographies, but a vibrant, well-travelled woman who was very much a part of the world in which she lived. Tucker's goal is not to tell us more about Austen's writing but to tell her personal history - her environment, her friendships and her romantic attachments.;The product of over 50 years of research, this book presents previously unpublished biographical material - including some from Austen's collateral descendants that has hitherto gone undetected.
