Josephine Ross

Josephine Ross is an acclaimed writer and lecturer on Jane Austen. Beside "Jane Austen, A Companion"(John Murray/Thistle) and "Jane Austen's Guide to Good Manners: Compliments, Charades and Horrible Blunders"(Bloomsbury), she is the author of a number of histories and biographies, including ""The Monarchy of Britain" and "The Tudors", as well as several illustrated books for Vogue.

Setting history in context is important to her, as is correcting myths and misunderstandings - such as the popular misreading of the "Rears and Vices" joke in Jane Austen's "Mansfield Park".

Married to the late historian James Chambers, Josephine lives in London's Notting Hill