Jane Austen
Why Jane Austen will be very at home on the new £10 banknote
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Why Jane Austen will be very at home on the new £10 banknote
To mark the 200th anniversary of her death, Jane Austen will appear on a Bank of England £10 note this year. But this is not the first Austen banknote. EJ Clery reveals the shady business comings and goings around a literature queen