Regency Reader

Regency Reader Questions: Double Barrelled Surnames

By Anne | January 12, 2017 - 8:32 am |February 8, 2017 Regency Reader Questions

Comments Off

Moniker/Name: tkh Source of Question: Research Your Question: I have read hundreds of pages on titles, forms of address, etc. I’ve perused the tomes, consulted Continue →

Regency Fashion: Parisian Concert Dress and Oriental Ball Dress

By Anne | January 6, 2017 - 7:56 am |February 2, 2017 Regency Fashion

Comments Off

Appearing in January 1816’s La Belle Assemblee, these two fancy gowns display the influences on fashion from outside the UK. I adore the copy on Continue →

Regency Women of Character: Madame Saqui

By Anne | January 4, 2017 - 8:39 am |January 23, 2017 Regency Women of Character

Comments Off

Appearing in the January 1820 edition of La Belle Assemblee, this brief biographical sketch of tight rope walker Madame Saqui highlights her active acrobatics. Beyond Continue →

Regency Villains: Napoleon’s Temper

By Anne | December 26, 2016 - 8:01 am |January 11, 2017 Regency Villains

Comments Off

Napoleon’s temper was “sudden, fierce, and boisterous” (The Life of Emperor Napoleon, 1834 by Henry Lee). (“1812” Napoleon I in Russia: With an Introduction by Continue →