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Regency Travel: English Travelers Behaving Badly

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Appearing in the September 1817 edition of Ackermann’s Repository, this is a first hand account of British travelers becoming persona non grata all over Europe.  Continue →

Regency Culture and Society: Hints for Young Married Women

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A lot of the Regency Reader Questions I receive are related to etiquette and how ought a young lady to behave in a variety of Continue →

Regency Reader Questions: Dining in Hotels

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Regency Reader Question I’ve just finished & enjoyed Rose Lerner’s well-researched “True Pretenses” set in a country town in 1808. In it, the hero invited Continue →

Regency Reader Questions: Glove Etiquette Part Three

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“…If for some reason a woman was ungloved, proper etiquette called for the gentleman to remove his gloves before taking her hand, as it was Continue →