Jane Austen`s Transatlantic Sister – The Life and Letters of Fanny Palmer Auste…

Jane Austen's Transatlantic SisterThe Life and Letters of Fanny Palmer Austen\nAuthor(s): Sheila Johnson Kindred\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, Canada\nImprint: McGill-Queen's University Press\nISBN-13: 9780773551312, 978-0773551312\nSynopsis\nIn 1807 genteel, Bermuda-born Fanny Palmer [tel] married Jane Austen's youngest brother, Captain Charles Austen, and was thrust into a demanding life within the world of the British navy. Experiencing adventure and adversity in wartime conditions both at sea and onshore, the spirited and resilient Fanny travelled between Bermuda, Nova Scotia, and England. For just over a year, her home was in the city of Halifax. After crossing the Atlantic in 1811, she ingeniously made a home for Charles and their daughters aboard a working naval vessel and developed a supportive friendship with his sister, Jane. In Jane Austen's Transatlantic Sister Fanny's articulate and informative letters transcribed in full for the first t.