Product Description

"You must drink tea with us tonight." - Sense & Sensibility. Who would not want to sit down with Jane Austen and join her in a cup of tea? Here for the first time is a book that shares the secrets of one of her favourite rituals. Tea figures prominently in Jane Austen's life and work. In fact, the beloved novelist was the keeper and maker of tea in her family. Tea with Jane Austen begins with tea drinking in the morning and ends with tea in the evening, at balls and other gatherings. Each chapter includes a description of how tea was taken at a particular place or time of day, along with history, recipes, excerpts from Austen's novels and letters and illustrations from the time. The book also reveals how to make a perfect cup of tea!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #341471 in Books
• Published on: 2004-12-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 126 pages

Review
"It is an attractively produced little book and should appeal on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean." -- Newsletter of the Jane Austen Society, October 2005.

About the Author
Kim Wilson is a writer and editor living in Waukesha, Wisconsin, with her husband and their two children.