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Regency Science and Invention: Smallpox Vaccine

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British physician Edward Jenner (1749-1823) is credited with the invention of the first vaccine to be administered against a contagious disease. Pioneering the concept of Continue →

Anastasia Hayward: Miss Locke’s Christmas Secret

By Anne | November 24, 2023 - 7:43 am |December 15, 2023 0-1 Flames, Anastasia Hayward, Book Review, New on the Shelves, Novellas

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This was the first time I had read this author, but when she read out with an offer to review her Christmas novella, I agreed Continue →

Regency Advertisements: Smoky Fireplaces

By Anne | November 22, 2023 - 8:25 am |November 30, 2023 Regency Advertisements, Regency Household

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This ad appeared in La Belle Assemblée November 1817 edition.

Regency Fashion: The Marquis

By Anne | November 20, 2023 - 8:25 am |December 11, 2023 Regency Fashion

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THE MARQUIS A well proportioned Hat in every respect and may not inaptly be termed the Universal as it becomes most persons who wear it in point of form there is nothing of what may be called character or singularity in its appearance and has the rare property of giving to the wearer a sort of dignified affability a courteous conde scension together with an agreeable modesty at least in appearance It is named after a certain nobleman who has all the above qualities united although in the

Lloyd’s Treatise on hats (1819) This is part of a series on Gentleman’s Hats: Regency Fashion: Gentlemen’s Hats Regency Fashion: The John Bull Top Hat Continue →