Regency Reader

Sarah Green: Romance Readers and Romance Writers

By Anne | November 10, 2026 - 7:56 am |November 8, 2026 2-3 Flames, Book Review, Sarah Green

I am always looking for something that gets close to how much I love Northanger Abbey. So in my research when I ran across a Continue →

Regency Advertisements: Sarah Ledbury’s Accounts

By Anne | November 8, 2026 - 8:49 am |November 2, 2026 Regency Advertisements

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Aris’s Birmingham Gazette Monday, 15 October 1792 A little before the long Regency, but still relevant to the era. It does seem likely Sarah could Continue →

Emily Lane: Hearth or Heart

By Anne | November 6, 2026 - 8:31 am |October 30, 2026 2-3 Flames, Book Review, Emily Lane

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Emily is a new author writing in the traditional, kisses only style that presents the first in a series. Hearth or Heart is reminiscent of Continue →

Regency Household: Sofa Beds

By Anne | November 4, 2026 - 7:22 am |October 29, 2026 From the Desk of Anne

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An Encyclopaedia of Cottage, Farm and Villa Architecture and Furniture: Containing Numerous Designs for Dwellings … Including … Agricultural Buildings … Parochial Schools … Garden Continue →

Regency Fashion: Walking and Evening Dress (1828)

By Anne | November 2, 2026 - 7:17 am |October 29, 2026 Regency Fashion

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Plate and description appeared in the November 1828 edition of The Ladies’ Monthly Museum. What does an immensely large beret truly look like?

Regency Science and Invention: The Marsh Test (for Arsenic)

By Anne | October 30, 2026 - 7:19 am |October 25, 2026 From the Desk of Anne

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In 1836, chemist James Marsh published the Marsh Test, a highly sensitive method for detecting arsenic. This useful technique would be applied in forensic toxicology Continue →

Regency Household: Early Rising Servants

By Anne | October 28, 2026 - 7:01 am |October 25, 2026 Regency Household

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The Servant’s Companion. Comprising the Most Perfect, Easy and Expeditious Methods of Arranging and Getting Through Their Work, Rules for Setting Out Tables and Side-boards, Continue →

Regency Literature: An October Poem

By Anne | October 26, 2026 - 7:33 am |October 23, 2026 Regency Literature

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Robert Bloomfield, a Regency era labour class poet, was featured in the 1837 Beauties of the Country for the month of October: Miller, T. (1837). Beauties of the Continue →

Regency Folklore: A Haunted Wretches and Jonas Dennis

By Anne | October 24, 2026 - 7:59 am |October 21, 2026 Regency Folklore

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CW: Death, racism, mental health Dennis, J. (1826). Subversion of Materialism by Credible Attestation of Supernatural Occurrences …. United Kingdom: Upham, Collings, and Binns. The joke about blue and black Continue →

Regency Reader Questions: London Assembly Rooms

By Anne | October 22, 2026 - 8:03 am |October 19, 2026 Regency Hot Spots, Regency Reader Questions

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Amanda Source of Question Just curious Your Question Hi, I was wondering what other upper class assembly rooms or clubs (aside from Almack’s) would have Continue →

Regency Advertisements: Old School Go-Fund Me

By Anne | October 20, 2026 - 7:40 am |October 18, 2026 Regency Advertisements

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Morning Herald, 4 November 1818 In the advertisement section of many newspapers, mostly in London, were often snippets addressed “To the Affluent and Humane” pleading Continue →

Regency Reader Questions: Addressing a Knight

By Anne | October 18, 2026 - 7:40 am |October 20, 2026 Regency Culture and Society, Regency Reader Questions

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Moniker/Name MF Source of Question Research Your Question I hope you are doing well. I have a character who is a Sir. (Let’s call him Continue →

Regency Folklore: The Devil at St. Albans

By Anne | October 16, 2026 - 7:43 am |October 14, 2026 Regency Folklore

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This 17th century story was resurrected in an anthology in the Regency era, and then again in the 20th century, so tells of a popular Continue →

Regency Roundup: Halloween/Autumnal Historical Romance Master List

By Anne | September 28, 2026 - 7:58 am |September 28, 2026 Reader List, Regency Round Up, Top Ten

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Last year I compiled this master list of Halloween/Gothic/Autumnal Reads mostly focusing in the Regency or early Victorian era, and have a few to add! Continue →

From the Desk of Anne: Excuse our virtual dust

By Anne | July 21, 2026 - 8:37 am |July 21, 2026 From the Desk of Anne

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Thanks for your patience while we make several security related, needed upgrades to the website! We will be working over the next month to continue Continue →