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Oh, Miss Austen! What a haul of historical howlers! How BBC series contains glaring range of embarrassing inaccuracies that have sent eagle-eyed fans wild...
Millions of viewers have tuned in to Miss Austen, the Sunday night drama starring Keeley Hawes as the author's older sister, Cassandra.
And in one scene, Downton Abbey star Rose Leslie, 37, who plays the Austen sisters' family friend, Isabella Fowle, teaches a young boy his seven times table. And in one scene, Downton Abbey star Rose Leslie, 37, who plays the Austen sisters' family friend, Isabella Fowle, teaches a young boy his seven times table. Even as Jane lies dying in the last episode, the continuity watchers point out her bed is adorned with a garish and undeniably modern blue tartan-fringed rug.
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