The daughter of a clergyman, she was born at Steventon Parsonage in December 1775, the year the American Revolution started. The seventh of eight children, she grew up in a happy and close-knit family. It was in Hampshire that Jane found inspiration to write such classics as Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Mansfield Park and Sense and Sensibility. She died just two years after the Battle of Waterloo in 1817. This tour led by Jane Austen expert, Jane Tapley, explores her life and books at a particularly turbulent time in England’s history. Your host and guide is Jane Tapley, a Special Events Organiser at the Theatre Royal Bath for over thirty years – she frequently interviews and arranges events with authors to launch their books and has launched many with themes on Jane Austen. Jane arranges events during the annual Jane Austen Festival in Bath, including talks and period meals in her Georgian townhouse. She is a Blue Badge Guide and has taken many Austen fans all around the West Country in the footsteps of the famous female author.Click here for explanation of the footprint symbols