Cornwall and the peace explores individual choices in Georgian Cornwall. Living in Georgian Cornwall. Choosing not to leave. Leaving home in Georgian Cornwall. Choosing whether or not to return. Lodging in Georgian Penzance. Travelling with relations. Travelling alone. Choices interwoven with individual identities and circumstances over time. It focuses partly on life in Penzance during the brief interlude, from March 1802 to May 1803, in the quarter century of wars between Britain and France. And draws on Charlotte MacKenzie's extensive archival research on Georgian Cornwall.