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The articles posted here are dedicated to the memory of Georgette Heyer in gratitude for the many hours of enjoyment her books have given me. She was an artist with words whose meticulously researched novels never fail to transport me to the Georgian or Regency eras.
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Kathryn Kane, Kalligraph
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Tag Archives: Travel
Dancing Through the Novels of Jane Austen
I usually receive a book or three each Christmas, as my family and friends are well aware they can hardly go wrong with such a gift to this devoted and steadfast bibliophile. I am always very pleased with these gifts, … Continue reading
Dandy Chargers Ride — The 2013 Season
One of my favorite signs of Spring is the arrival in my email box of the Dandy Chargers annual schedule of appearances. For those of you who may not know, the Dandy Chargers are a group of gentlemen, and ladies, … Continue reading
Yorkshire Coach Horse: The Regency Aston Martin
Last week, the topic of discussion was the great English coaching horse breed, the Cleveland Bay. This week will be dicussed the taller, lighter, faster cousin of the Cleveland Bay, the Yorkshire Coach horse. More a Cleveland Bay hybrid than … Continue reading
Cleveland Bay: The Bentley of Coach Horses
The Cleveland Bay is the oldest of all the indigenous British horse breeds. Clevelands are large, powerful, and elegant, and they are always bay in color. Though they were considered to be the very best coach horses during the Regency, … Continue reading
Was the Prince Regent a Jacobite?
Absolutely, as had been both his father and his grandfather before him. Curiously, though the throne of the early Hanoverian kings of England had been severely threatened by both the son and grandson of the erstwhile King James II, the … Continue reading
Meth in the Regency
It is not the meth you think! This meth was a mild depressant rather than a psycho-stimulant, and, though it was usually home-made, it came in liquid, not solid form. It was made only from natural ingredients and was a … Continue reading
Of Wax-Jacks and Bougie-Boxes
Recently, I posted an article here about sealing wax. During the Regency, sealing wax was an essential part of correspondence, as this was several decades before the introduction of the adhesive paper envelopes which we take so for granted today. … Continue reading
Cary’s London Map of 1818
Recently, I came across a wonderful Regency resource in a most unexpected place. It is an online copy of John Cary’s 1818 map of the London metropolitan era. Remarkably, it is hosted on the web site of the UCLA School … Continue reading
A Regency Bicentennial: Napoleon Crosses the Niemen
This coming Sunday marks the two-hundredth anniversary of the day Napoloen Bonaparte took the step that would break his Grande Armée and lead to his ultimate defeat in Belgium, almost exactly three years later. It was on Wednesday, 24 June … Continue reading
A Regency Bicentennial: American Declares War on Britain
Two hundred years ago, this coming Monday, the American President, James Madison, signed a document which brought his country into conflict with the same country against which America had successfully rebelled only three decades previously. This war, unlike many curiously … Continue reading
Dashing Dandies by "Captain" Roger Street
I actually received this book as a gift from the author soon after it was published last year. But I had an ulterior motive for waiting until this year to post a review (more of that anon). Dashing Dandies: … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged Books, Georgette Heyer, Horses, Regency, Technology, Travel, Vehicles
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On The Numbering of Houses
In the twenty-first century, in the majority of countries across the globe, every city, town and hamlet has streets with names and all the buildings on each of those streets has a number. How else are all those postal carriers … Continue reading
Snow in the Regency
Even though Christmas is still a month away, it is not too early to discuss snow, since here in New England we had "appreciable" snowfall across most of the area just before Halloween. (And if that is the last flake … Continue reading
Banyan: Merchant, Tree, Meatless Day or Garment?
All of the above, actually. However, for this article, I shall briefly explain the various other uses of the word before I focus on the garment, so near and dear to the hearts of Regency romance authors, and their readers. … Continue reading
Posted in Apparel & Grooming
Tagged Clothing, Jane Austen, Regency, Regency Bicentennial, Travel
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The Golden Glory of the Amber Room During the Regency
For nearly two and a half centuries, the stunning achievement of the Amber Room stood as one of the world’s most exquisite works of art. Conceived and originally constructed in Prussia, it was soon thereafter presented to one of the … Continue reading
Coaching Tokens or Half-Pennies
We have all received mailings, either via snail-mail or email, which include a "check" or coupon worth a certain amount for use at a restaurant or hotel as an inducement for our patronage. Our Regency ancestors received similar specialized currency, … Continue reading
Anastasius — The Novel Which Made Byron Weep!
With jealousy! Because he did not write it. Initially published anonymously in the last year of the Regency, this racy novel telling the tales of a young Greek’s adventurous travels through the Levant was a runaway best seller and … Continue reading
