JANE & D'ARCY

ABOUT JANE & D'ARCY

Jane & D’Arcy reveals Jane Austen’s enduring love for the real Mr Darcy, D’Arcy Wentworth, a young Irish surgeon; the fixed star in her firmament and the inspiration for her writing. In 1790, D’Arcy left England for New South Wales, while Jane remained confined in her father’s rectory at Steventon. In time their lives blossomed, each within its narrow confines; almost as if their parting had given them the opportunity to fulfil their destiny. Jane Austen went on to publish among the greatest novels in the English language. D’Arcy Wentworth became a leader in early New South Wales, and an advocate for the rights of the convicts and emancipists. His eldest son, William Charles, the Liberator, fought long for representative government for the Colony; he finally won, freeing it from the shackles of British control. Jane & D’Arcy tells the long hidden story of their romance and adventures in two volumes, Folly is not always Folly and Such Talent & Such Success. They will move and delight Jane Austen readers.

Jane Austen and D'Arcy Wentworth - fact or fiction

D’ARCY WENTWORTH'S MEDICAL NOTEBOOK

D’Arcy Wentworth worked as a surgeon on Norfolk Island, at Parramatta and in Sydney Town; he was made Principal Surgeon in 1809. From the early 1790s he subscribed to numerous medical periodicals from England, determined to keep abreast of advances in diagnosis and treatment. He quoted from these in an extensive aide memoire, his Medical Notebook, which includes: D’Arcy’s references to 14 eighteenth century medical journals D’Arcy’s references to 300 eighteenth century medical practitioners D’Arcy’s references to 400 medical conditions and treatments

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