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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 Hot Spots: Newmarket

By Anne | March 6, 2013 - 9:19 pm |July 30, 2015 Regency Crime and Punishment, Regency Hot Spots

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Nestled in Suffolk, Newmarket is one of horseracing’s most famous historic sites. According to a 1839 England guidebook, Newmarket’s most appealing attribute for sport was 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 →

Regency Reader Questions: Funeral Rites

By Anne | February 6, 2013 - 10:02 am |April 11, 2014 Musings, Regency Culture and Society, Regency Customs, Regency Reader Questions

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You clever readers, you always come up with the most interesting questions! Here is one from Lucina: Moniker/Name: Lucina Your Question: I’ve run across several Continue →