The red coated uniform worn by many regiments of the British Army in the 18th and 19th centuries may have made the ladies swoon, but it wasn’t exactly practical. The 50th regiment to which Susan’s husband, David Whybrew, belonged, became
Aspirations of a first-time author
Jane Austen’s first book, “Lady Susan” was probably written before she was thirty, though it wasn’t published until 1871. I’m no Jane Austen, I’m a little over thirty, and my Susan was definitely no lady. I also write non-fiction rather