The Prince Regent: “Gent. No Gent & Regent!! Pubd by T. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside, July 5, 1816.”
This latest article from Cheryl Bolen is about the sadder side of marriage, divorce. Though not a common event during the Regency, it was not completely impossible. But the process was slow and tedious and the options available to a couple were very different than the options open to most of us today. What happened…
This month on the second Saturday in June, a curious and uniquely British ceremony took place, as it does every year. Trooping the Colour is a centuries-old tradition full of pomp and pageantry, where anything can, and sometimes does, happen.
English women with votes in our favorite era? Why, yes, ma’am, it’s true! The following article by Rose Lerner was originally published in April 2013 and relates to her research for the first in the Lively St. Lemeston novels, Sweet Disorder. ~~~
The Duke of Kent was one of the gaggle of royal brothers of the Prince Regent. Like most of the royal princes, he did not mary until late in life, under multiple pressures. However, he had set up a mistress of whom he was very fond when he was a young man. Before the publication…
A Quick Look at the Academe classes coming up next month.
