For fans of Downton Abbey, Harry Potter, J.R.R. Tolkien, and everything traditionally British...
Eccentric dons. Black dinner gowns. Medieval libraries.
At age nineteen, J.A. Jernay touched down in England, an innocent traveling abroad. The destination, Oxford University.
Plunging into a thousand years of English literary and cultural history, J.A. Jernay leads the reader through daily life at the world's third-oldest university. From drinking at famous pubs, to punting on the Cherwell, from formal dining halls, to formal debates, from ruined castles, to magical wardrobes.
The Oxford Diaries is, a romantic snapshot of undergraduate life at an ancient institution.
From an author, who worked on the foreign desk of The Washington Post...comes a travelogue that will transport you to a world of literature, history, fantasy, and tradition.
