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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 Crime and Punishment: The London Guide and Stranger’s Safeguard Against the Cheats, Swindlers, and Pickpockets

By Anne | October 1, 2012 - 8:26 pm |April 11, 2014 Regency Crime and Punishment, Regency Culture and Society, Regency Literature, Regency Villains

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“When a stranger first arrives in this overgrown city and finds upon alighting at the inn that he has still some miles perhaps to go Continue →

Regency Crime and Punishment: The Bow Street Runners

By Anne | June 4, 2012 - 6:43 pm |June 4, 2012 Regency Crime and Punishment, Regency Culture and Society, Regency Science and Invention

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“In fiction as well as in reality the dramatic element nearly always was supplied by the Bow Street Runner, popularly supposed to be a miracle Continue →