Regency Reader

Regency Women of Character: The Duchess of Cumberland

By Anne | February 14, 2019 - 6:36 am |March 8, 2019 Regency Women of Character

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La Belle Assemblee, December 1806 A wealthy and attractive debutante, the 22 year old Lady Anne Luttrell surprised the Ton when she married a commoner Continue →

Victoria Holt: The India Fan

By Anne | February 10, 2019 - 7:31 am |February 22, 2019 0-1 Flames, Book Review, Victoria Holt

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Drusilla Delaney, the daughter of an impoverished minister, becomes fascinated with the wealthy Framling family—especially with the son and daughter, the mysterious Fabian, and the Continue →

Regency Fashion: Hats, Gowns, Coats and Shawls (1806)

By Anne | February 8, 2019 - 6:22 am |February 26, 2019 Regency Fashion

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These plates and their accompanying descriptions appeared in the February 1806 edition of La Belle Assemblee. I have also snipped the Parisian Fashion column and Continue →

Sarah MacLean: The Rogue Not Taken

By Anne | February 6, 2019 - 7:08 am |March 15, 2019 2-3 Flames, Book Review, Sarah MacLean

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LADY SOPHIE’S SOCIETY SPLASH The youngest of the infamous Talbot sisters scandalized society at the Liverpool Summer Soiree, striking her sister’s notoriously philandering husband and Continue →