Calendar List View < August 2020 > MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14Project Meeting10:00 - 12:00Project MeetingTime: 10:00 - 12:00Project meeting Zoom meeting 15 16 17Hampshire Archive Trust Grant application14:00Hampshire Archive Trust Grant applicationTime: 14:00Project group meeting to discuss Grant application. 18 19Jane Austen and the Military – 8pm Aug 19th 202020:00 - 21:30Jane Austen and the Military – 8pm Aug 19th 2020Time: 20:00 - 21:30Tadley and District History Society provides monthly external talks on history related topics at 8 pm on the third Wednesday of the month. This months talk is by Rupert Mathews. Jane Austen includes several characters in her novels who are (or have) been in the military. This is not surprising as through most of her writing career Britain was locked in a titanic struggle against Napoleonic France in which battles such as Trafalgar and Waterloo were fought. But what does she tell us about the military of her time, and how accurate are her accounts? Characters to be touched upon include: George Wickham (Pride & Prejudice); Colonel Brandon (Sense & Sensibility); Sir John Middleton (Sense & Sensibility); Mr Weston (Emma); William Price (Mansfield Park); Mr Price, snr (Mansfield Park); Frederick Wentwork (Persuasion); Admiral Croft (Persuasion); James Benwick (Persuasion). Scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: TADS Online Talk - Jane Austin 8pm Wed Aug 19th 2020 Meeting ID: 825 0315 4106 Passcode: 968244 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 + Export Events May 13, 2024General Brock and the Maiwand Lion20:00A TADS talk by Mike Cooper Heath End Village Hall, Heath End Road, Baughurst, RG26 5LU Map Share this page