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Beau Brummell in our Regency Promenade by Nancy Mayer
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Beau Brummell in our Regency Promenade by Nancy Mayer

 In our Regency Promenade today, Nancy Mayer looks at Beau Brummell. Beau Brummell (1778 – 1840) I do not like Beau Brummell and  think he has been credited with more than he accomplished. George Brummell was born in 1778. His father is said to have been a private secretary to Lord North, who was prime Minister of England from 1770- 1782….

Lord Byron, the Father of Computer Programming?

A cross-post from The Regency Redingote: Truth or fiction? Essentially, true. Though mathematics confounded him and he was by no stretch of the imagination a computer programmer himself, Lord Byron was the father of the very first computer programmer, his daughter, Augusta Ada Byron. Impossible?   Computers are a twentieth-century invention, right?    Not so.

Annual Mini Conference & Soiree!

The Beau Monde’s annual one day mini-conference and soiree will be held Wednesday, July 25th during the RWA National conference at the Anaheim Marriott in California. Starting with breakfast and the annual general meeting, the conference will include a variety of Regency-themed workshops throughout the day with knowledgeable presenters, including Candice Hern, Isobel Carr and…