And Did Those Feet

This will be a very useful sources of information on public health in London. Wellcome Library | London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

Two hr route March Green Park to henry's Austen's House in Upper Berkeley st. Down New Bond St to Henry's office in Piccadily.

I am preparing for Saturday's Jane Austen's Walk (10.45 Green Park Tube 2nd Nov 2013).  After struggling for a while I found a very good book 'Walking Jane Austen's London'  by Louise Allen. I have now bought the kindle and the physical volume.  It is almost too good because, instead of making up my own walk, I am following Louise's. What is good about the book is that she has written it from the novels and from contemporary guides/directories and some really good information about shops in Jane Austen's time. On the other hand there is a lot of background information I can add to the walk which, should begin to make it my own. Preparing for a walk, is a great way to get to know an author because it means you need to do a close reading- normally you just consume a novel - driven onwards by involvement with the story, but for a walk you have to read carefully to work out what can be used on a walk and what it means about the author - and life and times. ...