This essay develops deep into Jane's "The History of England from the Reign of Henry IV to Charles I," which she wrote when she was 15. It also compares how Austen used history as a plot point in "Northanger Abbey." I've never gotten my hands on Jane's history book; has anyone read it?
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/out-margins/jane-austen-partial-and-prejudiced-historian
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