Regency Reader

Nina Coombs Pykare: A Heart in Flight

By Anne | December 26, 2017 - 7:51 am |January 16, 2018 0-1 Flames, Book Review, Nina Coombs Pykare

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Aurelia Amesley, being a twenty-four year old spinster, could decide to climb aboard a hot-air balloon. But she wasn’t prepared for her crash landing onto Continue →

Georgette Heyer: Bath Tangle

By Anne | September 28, 2017 - 10:26 am |October 18, 2017 0-1 Flames, Book Review, Georgette Heyer

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The Earl of Spenborough has always been noted for his eccentricity. Leaving a widow younger than his own daughter Serena is one thing, but quite Continue →

Regency Household: A Hunting Lodge

By Anne | May 12, 2017 - 8:03 am |June 6, 2017 Regency Household

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This beautiful hunting lodge plate and description appeared in the May 1816 edition of Ackermann’s Repository. The large windows are meant to pull nature into Continue →

Georgette Heyer: Venetia

By anneglover | August 16, 2008 - 10:27 pm |February 28, 2023 0-1 Flames, Authors, Book Review, Georgette Heyer

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There is a reason that Georgette Heyer is renowned as a more contemporary Jane Austen. Writing in the 1920s until the 70s, her books created Continue →