Regency Reader Questions: Eel-Backed
Just re-read Heyer’s _Cotillion_ and twice it uses the idiom “eel-backed”–can’t find that anywhere, does anyone have a notion what is meant? Thanks for the Continue
Just re-read Heyer’s _Cotillion_ and twice it uses the idiom “eel-backed”–can’t find that anywhere, does anyone have a notion what is meant? Thanks for the Continue
When referring to the middle or merchant class, Regency romance novels will often use the term Cit or the phrase “smell of the shop”. In Continue
Moniker/Name Marebear Source of Question Reg Rom Book Your Question What (if anything) does “Carlton House to a Charley’s shelter” as used sometimes by Georgette Continue
In our new series Men and Manners (Regency Culture and Society: Men and Manners (2) – Regency Reader (regrom.com)), there is a maxim: “Never pay Continue