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Regency Reader Questions: Maps, research and making up names

By Anne | July 11, 2013 - 11:10 pm |July 7, 2016 Musings, Regency Culture and Society, Regency Customs, Regency Reader Questions

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I must first say that I LOVE getting your questions (so keep them coming). Yes, the flattery and kind words of course stroke my ego, Continue →

Regency Hot Spots: Astley’s Circus

By Anne | July 10, 2013 - 8:56 pm |November 5, 2022 Musings, Regency Culture and Society, Regency Hot Spots

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Son of a Newcastle cabinet maker, Philip Astley (1742-1814) is regarded as the father of the modern circus. His auspicious beginnings were as a cracking Continue →

Jillian Leigh: The Rules of Engagement

By Anne | June 26, 2013 - 5:44 pm |September 3, 2015 0-1 Flames, Jillian Leigh, New on the Shelves, Novellas

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The most handsome man in England (or close enough) naturally used many ploys to beat back marriage minded mamas. His most ingenious? An absentee fiance. Continue →

Regency H(n)ot Spots: The Pantheon

By Anne | June 14, 2013 - 12:16 pm |February 5, 2024 Regency Hot Spots

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Designed by James Wyatt (who died in 1813 from an overturned carriage) and opened on London’s Oxford Street on 1772, The Pantheon featured a rotunda Continue →