Drawing on local records from Royston and the villages of Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire, Alfred Kingston pictures rural England in the time of the Georges. Old coaches and stage wagons, highwaymen, inns, wrestling and cock-fighting, the parish vestry and the old poor law, and lingering belief in witches and fairies all appear.
A rich source of everyday detail for anyone curious about the country life behind Austen and Fielding. Download the free EPUB.