In the Footsteps of Jane Austen; Through Bath to Lyncombe and Widcombe: A Walk Through History [Paperback]

Jane Austen has become one of the best known and loved authors of all time. At the end of the year 1800, her parents decided to retire to Bath and, in May 1801, Jane Austen was in Bath with her mother, searching for a place for the family to live, and lodging with her uncle and aunt at their house in Bath for a few weeks whilst they did so.

It may have been because Jane was not very fond of her aunt that she took every opportunity during her stay to get out of the centre of Bath into the places nearby in the countryside. Or her interest in walking may just have been the continuation of her established pattern in Hampshire.

In a letter, Jane tells her sister about a walk she made with a friend on Monday 25th May 1801, from her aunt and uncle’s house to Lyncombe and Widcombe - the attractive, more rural, areas just to the south of the River Avon. This unique and charming book In the Footsteps of Jane Austen - through Bath to Lyncombe and Widcombe; A Walk through History considers what Jane would have seen during her walk through Bath to Lyncombe and Widcombe. The book takes you back in time, enabling you to accompany the two young ladies, and to see Bath as it was more than 200 years’ ago.

In the Footsteps of Jane Austen is the second book by Janet Aylmer, the author of The New Illustrated Darcy’s Story (ISBN 09528 210 36). Tens of thousands of readers in nearly 40 countries around the world have already enjoyed reading Darcy’s Story - Janet Aylmer’s delightful account of "Pride and Prejudice", written from the point of view of Jane Austen’s most popular hero, Mr Darcy.

I hope that you enjoy my new book. Best wishes from Janet Aylmer.

I have received many comments from delighted readers about my first book, Darcy’s Story. Here is one example:
"You've written an absolutely wonderful, thoughtful book - What an inspiration it was to write this story ! I hope you had as much pleasure writing it as I had on first reading it. I now have the pleasure of starting to re-read - having been so interested the first time, I am now going to re-read at a more sedate pace!!"