A cross-post from The Regency Redingote: First introduced in France as the eighteenth century slipped into the nineteenth, and despite the ongoing Napoleonic wars, this particular type of sentimental jewelery soon crossed the English Channel to become all the rage in England, just as the Prince of Wales was poised to become Regent. The majority…
Nancy Mayer looks at the life of Henry Paget in today’s Regency Promenade. From Scandal to Hero. Lord Paget, Earl of Uxbridge, Marquess of Anglesey. When Henry was born, his father had the surname of Bayly. He was Lord Paget.
A cross-post from The Regency Redingote: Earl Grey, that is. In the last several months, I have read at least three novels set in the English Regency in which the characters are depicted drinking Earl Grey tea. Which was completely impossible, since Earl Grey tea was not introduced in England until the reign of William…
Traveling to the UK – What to Know Before You Go by Jo Ann Ferguson. It’s that time of year to think about a vacation/research trip to the UK. Okay, any time of year is good, but many trips to the UK are in the late spring, summer, or early fall.
Shannon Donnelly is today’s Featured Beau Monde Author. Her writing has won numerous awards, including a RITA nomination for Best Regency, the Grand Prize in the “Minute Maid Sensational Romance Writer” contest, judged by Nora Roberts, RWA’s Golden Heart, and others.
A cross-post from The Regency Redingote: In great agitation, she took a sheet of foolscap from the desk drawer. Placing it on the blotter, she dipped her sharpened quill into the inkwell and began to write furiously … Or, something like that. How many characters in how many Regency romances have written or received a…
New Release Books – March/ April 2012. As promised, here are some more of the New Release Books from our wonderful Beau Monde members. Enjoy more great reading!
ASSEMBLY ROOM – Round-up of Regency and historical posts by Angelyn Schmid
The Proliferation of Newspapers in Regency England By Cheryl Bolen
Despite heavy taxation, high cost, and government censorship that included prosecution for libel, newspapers proliferated during the Regency.
A cross-post from The Regency Redingote: The English wake during the Regency had nothing to do with the ceremony which many people in westernized nations today observe in honor and memory of someone recently departed. In fact, wakes in England by the early nineteenth century were considered by many such profane and unruly events that…