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Regency Culture and Society: A Letter from a Young Gentleman to His Sister

By Anne | May 10, 2017 - 8:43 am |May 19, 2017 Regency Culture and Society

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Appearing in the Lady’s Monthly Museum (1803, Volume 11), this letter from a young gentleman to his sister is everything a letter from a big Continue →

Caroline Ashton: Araminta

By Anne | May 8, 2017 - 7:59 am |June 8, 2017 0-1 Flames, Book Review, Caroline Ashton, New on the Shelves

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Araminta Neave has neither aristocratic birth nor breeding. She does, however, have a father who is indecently rich from his trade with the East. That, Continue →

Regency Health and Medicine: Worm Lozenges

By Anne | May 6, 2017 - 8:33 am |May 26, 2017 Regency Advertisements, Regency Health and Medicine

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La Belle Assemblee, December 1817 John Ching patented a medicine for “destroying worms” on July 11, 1796. The two types of lozenges, brown and yellow, were Continue →

Regency Advertisements: Wigleworth’s Wine

By Anne | May 4, 2017 - 8:45 am |November 14, 2021 Regency Advertisements, Regency Dish, Regency Economy

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This ad appeared in the January 1818 La Belle Assemblee, proclaiming the availability of every hero’s favorite drink (he at least likes one of them, Continue →