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Jane Austen: Navel Valour and Family Values
In the middle of the C18th the navy was often regarded almost as an outlaw society of tyranny, squalor, drunkenness and incompetence, but by Nelson`s time and the war against Napoleon the view overall was that they were heroes, saviours of the nation, and in many ways the epitome of a sound social structure.. Join this anniversary lecture with Andrew Varney (Swansea University), to hear how Jane Austen`s writings can be placed in this context to show that she was alive to more than simply the c
11:00 Free entry 0300 111 2 333
National Waterfront Museum Oystermouth Road, Maritime Quater, Swansea SA1 3RD
Sat 21 Oct 2017
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www.museumwales.ac.uk/swansea
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