May 27, 2017
59 min
Full-HD

Jane Austen: Behind Closed Doors (2017)

Historian Lucy Worsley visits the places and houses in England where Jane Austen spent time and which served as inspiration for the settings of her novels.

Category

Documentary History TV Movie

Country

United Kingdom

Companies

BBC

Lucy Worsley

Herself - Presenter

Jeanice Brooks

Herself

Gwendolen Chatfield

Jane Austen

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