Regency Advertisments: Shaving Cakes and See-Through Soap

Vintage ad for Pear's

The ad copy appeared in the April 1817 issue of Ackermann’s Repository.  The image is from a later era, but showcases their many products. Pear’s Continue

Regency Reader Questions: French Chefs, Gender and Celebrity

Regency Reader Question For the aristocracy, it was apparently all the rage to have a male French chef. However, the references I’ve found said that 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