In an exclusive interview with Express.co.uk, the Chair of The Jane Austen Society Heather Thomas shed light on Mr Lidderdale and Isabella Fowle, saying “very little” was known about him and his wife.

Keeley Hawes stars in a new trailer for the PBS Masterpiece drama series, Miss Austen. Watch it now before the series ...

One particular character that has intrigued audiences is the village doctor Dr Lidderdale, portrayed by Alfred Enoch. Throughout the series, hints of a complex past involving Dr Lidderdale and ...

At the heart of the BBC's new series Miss Austen is a fictional Cassandra Austen (played by Keeley Hawes). Reviews have ...

Miss Austen takes an historic literary mystery ... 2025 at 9/8c. Based on Gill Hornby’s best-selling novel, this period drama brings a fresh and intimate perspective to the Austen sisters ...

It is the starting point, too, for Gill Hornby’s 2020 novel Miss Austen, adapted now as a four-part BBC One period drama, and asking the simple question: why did Cassandra Austen destroy so many ...

UPDATED: Masterpiece on PBS has released a new trailer for Miss Austen, its four-part miniseries based on Gil Hornby’s novel, which takes a deeper look at Cassandra Austin’s ( Keeley Hawes) bond and ...

You are going to devour this romantic and heartwarming miniseries based on Gill Hornby’s bestseller ... Flatiron Books, 2020. Hornby’s Miss Austen (2020) spent eight weeks on the UK ...

BBC drama Miss Austen, starring Keeley Hawes, is based on Gill Hornby's book of the same name, and the four-part series tells the untold story of Cassandra Austen (played by Keeley Hawes), who ...

Viewers tuned into the first episode of the new BBC series Miss Austen on Sunday, February 2 and were quick to praise the period drama. Based on the book by Gill Hornby, Miss Austen takes viewers ...

The premiere of the new BBC series Miss Austen on Sunday, February 2 had viewers heralding the return of period drama. Adapted from Gill Hornby's novel, Miss Austen transports viewers to the era ...

This adaptation should send viewers to read Gill Hornby’s novel, and to read and reread Jane Austen. Miss Austen embraces the possibilities of fiction in rethinking the lives of the past.