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Better Than Chocolate Books: Liquidation Sale

By Anne | May 6, 2013 - 9:51 am |August 17, 2015 From the Desk of Anne

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I received some bittersweet news last month that Jennifer at Better Than Chocolate Books is closing her doors. Here are the details: It is with Continue →

Regency Furniture: Mattresses

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

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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 →