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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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The Regency Redingote Is Retired
Eleven years and one day ago, I posted the first article for The Regency Redingote here. Earlier this year, I retired and I have decided that this is an auspicious day on which to retire The Regency Redingote. This will … Continue reading
Regency Bicentennial: The Death of Princess Charlotte
This coming Monday marks a sad Regency bicentennial, for Princess Charlotte died on that day in 1817. But this tragic event was not just the heartbreaking loss of a young mother and her child in childbirth, it was also the … Continue reading
Announcing Kathryn Kane — Romance
Today, I am pleased to announce the debut of my new blog, Kathryn Kane — Romance. This new blog will be devoted to all aspects of my favorite recreational activity, romance novels. Many of you may be wondering why I … Continue reading
Deflowering Daisy — Release Date: 10 July 2014
My first Regency romance novel, Deflowering Daisy, will be released as an eBook publication this Thursday, 10 July 2014. Though I have published a few academic articles in the past, and regularly publish articles on Regency history here at the … Continue reading
Regency Bicentennial Eve
Today is indeed New Year’s Eve, but it is a very special New Year’s Eve, since it is the eve of the first day of 2011. And 2011 is exactly two hundred years after 1811, the year in which the … Continue reading
Celebrating the Regency Bicentennials
The decade of the English Regency is my favorite period in history, bar none. Period. It is a tiny slice of time between the rougher, cruder eighteenth century and the repressively straight-laced Victorian age. England was still mainly rural, most … Continue reading
Historical Romance or Costume Fantasy?
In the past few weeks I have happened upon several online book reviews and blog posts by readers of historical novels. I was very surprised to read some of them taking exception to the efforts of the authors of the … Continue reading
The Regency of the Redingote
The precise dates of the English Regency are 6 February 1811, to 29 January 1820. King George III began his final decent into madness in 1810. By early 1811, it was clear to all that he was unlikely to recover. … Continue reading
Why Redingote?
The Oxford English Dictionary Online (paid subscription required) defines redingote as a " … double-breasted outer coat for men, with long plain skirts not cut away in the front. " Or a "… similar garment worn by women, sometimes cut … Continue reading
Kathryn Kane
I am a lifelong historian and former museum and historic house curator. My undergraduate and post-graduate studies focused on English social and cultural history with a concentration on the period of the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries. Truth be told, my … Continue reading
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