Amanda Jane Vickery FBA (born 8 December 1962) is an English historian, writer, radio and television presenter, and professor of early modern history at Queen Mary, University of London.
[4] She co-edited Gender, Taste, and Material Culture in Britain and North America, 1700-1830 (2006)[5] followed by Behind Closed Doors: At Home in Georgian England (2009).
The one-off episode recreated a regency ball, the social event at the heart of Pride and Prejudice, to mark the 200th anniversary of the novel's publication.
They have co-presented three documentaries linking music and history with Reef Television: Messiah at the Foundling Hospital, La Traviata, and Leningrad & the Orchestra That Defied Hitler.
Vickery is a regular contributor to arts, history, and cultural review programmes broadcast by BBC Radio.
In 2009, she wrote and presented the 30-part series A History of Private Life on BBC Radio 4,[10] which received critical acclaim.