Cleveland House and viewing art in the regency
The Stafford Gallery at Cleveland House, named after its owner the 2nd Marquess of Stafford, was the most celebrated collection of Old...
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Excessively Diverted
Mar 26, 2023
The King's Theatre and Mr. Darcy's Valentine
In so many regency stories set in London, the characters go to see a play or an opera. But concerts were just as popular. Aside from the...
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Mar 12, 2023
Panorama: virtual reality in the nineteenth century
Today we can put on a virtual headset and float through the International Space Station or watch a video that takes us on a virtual tour...
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Feb 14, 2023
Mr Darcy's Valentine Blog Tour
Happy Valentine’s Day friends! Welcome to my blog where today I’m talking about my new Pride and Prejudice variation Mr. Darcy’s...
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Jan 29, 2023
Coral Jewelry in the Regency Era
Have you ever looked at nineteenth century portraits and noticed all of the coral jewelry? After you’ve looked through a few dozen...
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Jan 15, 2023
Cats during the Regency
My son keeps a cat and when he asked me if people in Jane Austen's time kept cats as pets, I had to think about it. I know that dogs were...
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Jan 1, 2023
Fireworks in the time of Jane Austen
Surely the idea of an evening out watching a fireworks display, possibly one set to music, is a modern notion, right? There is to be a...
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Dec 11, 2022
Derbyshire well dressing
When I visited Derbyshire in the summer of 2019 I saw a local custom that I just had to incorporate into a story set at Pemberley. In An...
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Nov 6, 2022
Book Review: Sister Novelists
Have you heard of Jane and Anna Maria Porter? Well, if you're a fan of nineteenth century fiction, you should. The Porters—contemporaries...
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Oct 23, 2022
Handwriting in the Regency
"Oh!" cried Miss Bingley, "Charles writes in the most careless way imaginable. He leaves out half his words, and blots the rest." "My...
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Aug 21, 2022
Ratafia Cakes
After my young helper didn't care for the last regency thing we baked (Georgian Chocolate Tart) because it wasn't sweet enough, I thought...
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Jul 17, 2022
Regency Income: 500 versus 10,000 per year
Jane Austen always informs us about the financial status of her characters. It wasn't a taboo topic like it often is today. James Morland...
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Jun 26, 2022
Someone call an apothecary
When you read a regency and someone falls ill and calls for an apothecary, do you wonder, “Why don’t they call a real doctor?” We modern...
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Jun 12, 2022
Mourning Jewelry: creepy or cool?
I feature a piece of jewelry in every full-length Regency novel I write. Usually, jewelry is associated with glamor and wealth, or is a...
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May 22, 2022
Single women in Georgian England
Elizabeth Elliot from Persuasion “had the consciousness of being nine-and-twenty to give her some regrets and some apprehensions: she was...
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May 15, 2022
Carriage and Horse Accidents in An Affectionate Heart
As delightful as it might sound to us to ride in an open carriage, driving and riding in Georgian England wasn’t as carefree as you might...
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Apr 24, 2022
What's a turnpike road?
In An Affectionate Heart, Elizabeth speaks to Darcy for the first time at the pedestrian path next to a tollgate, and later in the book a...
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Feb 27, 2022
Jane's "nidgetty" cap
Jane Austen's letters to her sister Cassandra are filled with irreverent humor. In December 1798, Cassandra was visiting family in...
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Dec 12, 2021
A Regency Masquerade
What do The Sylph (1778) by the Duchess of Devonshire, Cecilia (1782) by Fanny Burney, and Belinda (1801) by Maria Edgeworth have in...
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Nov 14, 2021
What are "Tea Things"?
Drinking tea, making tea, or using "tea-things" are often mentioned in Austen's works. Elizabeth Bennet hopes that after the tea things...
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