ROSE LESLIE, KEELEY HAWES and JESSICA HYNES on unravelling a literary mystery at the heart of Jane Austen’s family
Author: Caren Clark
After Jane Austen passed away in 1817, her beloved elder sister Cassandra reportedly destroyed many of the author’s letters. Now, a much-anticipated BBC1 drama imagines what might have led her to commit that shocking act. Based on Gill Hornby’s bestselling novel of the same name and airing to coincide with the 250th anniversary of Jane’s birth, four-part series Miss Austen opens in 1830 as spirited spinster Cassandra (The Durrells star Keeley Hawes) rushes to support her friend Isabella Fowle (V...