You are Cordially Invited to JASNA-Vermont’s September Meeting
~ part of the Burlington Book Festival ~
“Jane Austen and the Master Spy”
w/ Sheryl Craig
Sunday, 17 September 2017, 2 – 4 pm
Morgan Room, Aiken Hall,
83 Summit Street Champlain College, Burlington VT**
Jane Austen’s contemporary William Wickham was Britain’s first Master Spy and head of the British Secret Service. Wickham was also the focus of a massive government scandal and Parliamentary investigation when it was found that millions of pounds in taxpayer’s money had been funneled to Wickham and then disappeared without a trace. Pride and Prejudice’s George Wickham shares the Master Spy’s name and his legendary good looks, charm, cunning, and duplicity. Join us for an enlightening talk on what Jane Austen may have been telling her readers…
you can expect Sex, Lies, Scandal, and Spies!
Sponsored by JASNA-Vermont and Bygone Books
~ Free & open to the public ~ ~ Light refreshments served ~
For more information: JASNAVTregion [at] gmail.com
Please visit our blog at: http://JaneAustenInVermont.blog
Burlington Book Festival website: http://burlingtonbookfestival.com/
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Sheryl Craig has a Ph.D. in 19th century British literature from the University of Kansas and has been a faculty member in the English Department at the University of Central Missouri for more than twenty years. Sheryl has published in numerous Jane Austen-related journals and is the editor of JASNA News. A popular presenter at many JASNA AGMs and tireless traveler to JASNA regional groups (this is her second trip to Vermont!), she has trekked far afield to spread Jane Austen in Nova Scotia, Scotland and England, and upcoming in 2018 she will visit New Zealand and Australia. Her book Jane Austen and The State of the Nation was published in 2015, and she is presently working on Jane Austen and the Plight of Women about Jane Austen and the Women’s Rights Movement in Georgian England.
Hope you can join us!
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