Jenny Uglow

As the Napoleonic wars raged, what was life really like for those left at home? In her illustrated talk Jenny Uglow tells how people lived in one of the most momentous periods in history. We know the thrilling stories of the battles of the Napoleonic wars – but what of those left behind? The aristocrats and paupers, old and young, butchers and bakers and candlestick makers, wives and daughters – how did the war touch their lives? The home front comes to life through their diaries and letters– from the first stirrings to the final, terrible end at the battle of Waterloo.

Jenny Uglow grew up in West Cumbria, and now divides her time between Canterbury and Borrowdale. Her prize-winning books include biographies of Elizabeth Gaskell, William Hogarth, Thomas Bewick and Charles II, as well as The Lunar Men and A Little History of British Gardening. A recent book, The Pinecone, tells the story of Romantic visionary and architect, Sarah Losh of Wreay, Carlisle