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Regency Culture and Society: Valentine’s and Puzzle Purses

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Puzzle purses were one way lovers could exchange “Valentines” as early as the 1700s.  Constructed from paper folded in intricate origami style, each panel would Continue →

Regency Villians: Lady Sutherland

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Portrait of Elizabeth, Lady Sutherland

Elizabeth Sutherland Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland (née Gordon, 24 May 1765 – 29 January 1839)was married to George Granville Leveson-Gower, Viscount Trentham who succeeded to his father’s Continue →

Regency Reader Questions: Gunshot Wounds and Memory Loss

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Moniker/Name: Mia Source of Question: Research Your Question: I am currently writing my own Regency book and I was wondering what a physician would do Continue →

Regency Culture and Society: A Letter to a Young Lady with Introductory Knowledge of the World

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This letter from a more worldly sister appeared in the February 1808 issue of La Belle Assemblee, and is reminiscent of a letter from brother Continue →