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Regency Travel: The Tilbury Firm

By Anne | March 12, 2021 - 9:08 am |March 30, 2021 Regency Travel

The tilbury carriage (a light, open, two wheeled carriage with or without a top) was named for its maker, the London firm Tilbury. Their coachbuilding Continue →

Regency Pastimes: Travelling Piquet

By Anne | March 8, 2021 - 8:41 am |May 3, 2021 Regency Pastimes, Regency Travel

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It shouldn’t be a surprise that passing the time while travelling in a vehicle was, in the Regency era the same as today, sometimes as Continue →

Regency Culture and Society: A Gentleman’s Etiquette for Acknowledging Superiors

By Anne | December 18, 2020 - 1:05 pm |December 31, 2020 Regency Culture and Society, Regency Men

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These recommendations, from A System of Etiquette (1805), are made for gentlemen to acknowledge other gentlemen of greater rank, age, or “superior knowledge” and also, Continue →

Erica Ridley: One Night to Remember

By Anne | September 22, 2019 - 6:31 am |June 12, 2020 2-3 Flames, Book Review, Erica Ridley, New on the Shelves, Novellas

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Meet the unforgettable men of London’s most notorious tavern, The Wicked Duke. Seductively handsome, with charm and wit to spare, one night with these rakes Continue →