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Regency Folklore: The Hammersmith Ghost

By Anne | March 18, 2011 - 8:53 am |March 18, 2011 Regency Folklore
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Just seven years before the official beginning of the Regency era, a ghost was haunting Hammersmith.  Rumored to be the spirit of man who had Continue →

Tagged famous manslaughter verdicts, famous murder cases England, Georgian trials, Hammersmith Ghost, Newgate, old bailey

Regency Hot Spots: Regent’s Park

By anneglover | March 16, 2011 - 9:53 pm |March 16, 2011 Regency Hot Spots
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Regent’s Park was, in Medieval England, a part of the Barking Abbey property.  Around the mid 1600s, after the dissolution of monasteries, it was transformed Continue →

Tagged historic london, John Nash, Prince Regent, Regency England, regency locations, Regent's Park

Regency Lexicon: Mawkish

By anneglover | March 14, 2011 - 9:35 pm |March 14, 2011 Regency Words
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mawk·ish (môksh) adj. 1. Excessively and objectionably sentimental. 2. Sickening or insipid in taste.  Sense of “sickly sentimental” is first recorded 1702. [From Middle English mawke, Continue →

Tagged maggot, mawkish, regency cant, regency england language, regency lexicon, regency slang

Suzanne Enoch: A Lady’s Guide to Improper Behavior

By anneglover | March 7, 2011 - 8:37 pm |March 7, 2011 Book Review, Suzanne Enoch
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A Lady

She (Theresa) is a lady well schooled in etiquette.  He is a once carefree gentleman now wounded by a terrible secret experience in India and Continue →

Tagged A Lady's Guide to Improper Behavior, historical romance, Regency romance, romance review, Suzanne Enoch
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