Regency Hot Spots: Bookseller Shops and the Subscription Library

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 Customs: All Hallows Eve and Nutcrack Night

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In the Regency era, All Hallows Eve or Nutcrack night would have largely been celebrations of the working class, and particularly the Irish and Scottish.  Continue