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Regency Reader Questions: Eel-Backed

By Anne | June 20, 2023 - 7:42 am |July 9, 2023 Regency Reader Questions, Regency Words

Just re-read Heyer’s _Cotillion_ and twice it uses the idiom “eel-backed”–can’t find that anywhere, does anyone have a notion what is meant? Thanks for the Continue →

Regency Travel: Coachmen (Part 2)

By Anne | January 8, 2022 - 7:31 am |January 24, 2022 Regency Travel

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After we shared some tidbits about Regency coachmen, we received some great questions of readers wanting more! One question about aprons we split into a Continue →

Regency Reader Questions: Changing Horses at Posting Inns and the Logistics

By Anne | November 18, 2021 - 8:13 am |February 3, 2022 Regency Reader Questions, Regency Travel

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Regency Reader Question what was the cost of changing horses at posting inns? how were these horses returned? how many of the ton had their Continue →

Regency Travel: Advice and Directions with Respect to the Purchase of a Horse

By Anne | March 20, 2021 - 7:12 am |April 4, 2021 Regency Customs, Regency Economy, Regency Travel

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I discovered this amazing resource The Complete Farrier, Or Gentleman’s Travelling Companion: Comprising a General Description of the … Horse, with a Concise Account of Continue →