Regency Culture and Society: The Etiquette of the Call

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Social interactions in the Regency were typically governed by etiquette, or a standard practice of socializing.  A System of Etiquette (1804) has some helpful hints Continue

Regency Reader Questions: Courtship, Weddings and Babies

Regency Reader Question I recently wrote a book that took place in during the War of 1812. In it a girl named Lillian and a Continue

Regency Travel: English Travelers Behaving Badly

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

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