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Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune
- How Younger Sons Made Their Way in Jane Austen's England
- Narrated by: Mike Cooper
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
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A history of younger sons in Regency England and how these "spares" supported themselves: "Illuminates the hard facts with vignettes of actual lives lived." -The Spectator
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