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Regency Hot Spots: Bookseller Shops and the Subscription Library

By Anne | November 6, 2015 - 3:15 pm |January 27, 2016 From the Desk of Anne, Regency Hot Spots, Regency Literature, Regency Pastimes

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For most of the subjects of Reg Roms (gentlewomen and men), reading was a popular pastime to occupy days full of leisure. In Town, there Continue →

Regency (H)Not Spots: Fleet Prison

By Anne | October 10, 2015 - 10:23 am |November 12, 2015 Regency Crime and Punishment, Regency Hot Spots

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For over 700 years, Fleet Prison saw its share of criminals and miseries. Built in 1197 along the eastside of the River Fleet, by the Continue →

Regency H(n)ot Spots: King’s Theatre

By Anne | August 23, 2015 - 10:17 am |September 27, 2015 Regency Hot Spots

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Situated in the West End on Haymarket, the King’s Theatre’s name depended on what gender sat in the throne, sometimes called Her Majesty’s Theatre. Originally Continue →

Regency Hot Spots: Cosmorama

By Anne | February 1, 2015 - 6:05 pm |July 22, 2015 Regency Hot Spots

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One way a person in London might learn about the world was to peruse scenes in the technological wonder called the Cosmorama. Located at 207-209 Continue →