In this episode, discover the letters of a woman who could have stepped out of the pages of a Jane Austen novel. It is 1805. At the height of the Napoleonic Wars, Susannah Middleton travels overseas for the first time. She attends balls, dines with officers, and gossips about her acquaintances. But her letters also reveal the darker truths of this much romanticised society.

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Resources:

Susannah Middleton’s letters are held at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Items referenced in this episode are MDT/1 to MDT/12.

https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/archive/rmgc-object-490301

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Music includes:

Waltz of Treachery by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4606-waltz-of-treachery

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Ominous by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4162-ominous

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Scully’s Reel. Mrs Mcleod’s. Cooley’s Reel. by Slainte.