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Barbara Metzger: Snowdrops and Scandalbroth

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Stranded in London at the mercy of strangers, Miss Kathlyn Parkland was mistrustful of Lord Chase’s sympathy, surprised by his hospitality . . . and Continue →

Regency Crime and Punishment: The London Guide and Stranger’s Safeguard Against the Cheats, Swindlers, and Pickpockets

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“When a stranger first arrives in this overgrown city and finds upon alighting at the inn that he has still some miles perhaps to go Continue →

Regency Crime and Punishment: The Bow Street Runners

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“In fiction as well as in reality the dramatic element nearly always was supplied by the Bow Street Runner, popularly supposed to be a miracle Continue →