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Regency Furniture: Mattresses

By Anne | April 15, 2013 - 2:20 pm |April 11, 2014 Musings, Regency Culture and Society, Regency Science and Invention

I was recently reading a Reg Rom which made mention of a “feather mattress”. While this particular Reg. was too groan worthy to consider reviewing Continue →

Regency Reader Questions: Marriages and Love Matches

By Anne | April 10, 2013 - 2:39 pm |April 11, 2014 Musings, Regency Culture and Society, Regency Customs, Regency Reader Questions

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Were the Regency marriages as cold as they are many times alluded to be? Mistresses for passion, wives for heirs and offspring. Were wives able Continue →

Regency Hot Spots: Gaming Houses of the West End

By Anne | March 15, 2013 - 10:51 am |April 11, 2014 Musings, Regency Crime and Punishment, Regency Culture and Society, Regency Customs, Regency Hot Spots, Regency Literature, Regency Villains

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Reg. readers are well aware of the popularity of gaming in London among gentlemen. Whether it was putting on the books some lark bet between Continue →

Regency Reader Questions: Herbs and Broken Bones

By Anne | February 10, 2013 - 8:33 pm |August 14, 2015 Musings, Regency Culture and Society, Regency Customs, Regency Dish, Regency Health and Medicine, Regency Science and Invention

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Moniker/Name: Brenda Your Question: What medicines, herbal or otherwise, were used primarily in the regency era? For instance, was there a ‘go to’ solution for Continue →