A few weeks ago I promised more pictures from my visit to Scotland. A trip to Alaska, another to Arizona for a family reunion, and writing deadlines got in the way of a timely post. But as promised… As mentioned, … Continue reading →
I’m in Scotland this week, so I thought I’d revisit a post from March of 2020 about research I did for this book, The Nabob’s Designing Daughter. Without further ado: Diving into historical research about educating physicians in 1820… In … Continue reading →
One of my Favorite Quotes I’m reprising a post from some nine years ago: One of my favorite Regency romance authors, Loretta Chase, had a post up on the Two Nerdy History Girls blog she shares with fellow author Isabella … Continue reading →
Death in Greece If Regency-era England had scandalous rock stars, one of them would have been the famous poet, George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron. Last Friday, April 19, 2024, was the 200th anniversary of his death from a fever … Continue reading →
Another post about calendars Last month I talked about Leap Year, that adjustment we make to the calendar every four years. I’ve been researching France during the French Revolution and thought I’d talk today about the major adjustment the radical … Continue reading →
Another Leap Year is here! Every four years we add an extra day to the year at the end of February. Why we do that is the “fault in our stars”, explained below in the 2020 post I’m reprising below. … Continue reading →
Where did a Regency era traveler find a room? Most of the stories I read (and write) have travelers finding rooms at inns, which makes sense of they are coaching inns providing horses and/or postriders. But for a stay in … Continue reading →
Over in our Facebook group, The Belles Brigade, we had a discussion a few days ago about holiday practices in Regency England. I referenced a blog post I wrote from eight years ago. I’m reprising that here with a few … Continue reading →
We’re only a few weeks away from the release of Under the Harvest Moon, a Bluestocking Belles Collection with Friends. In the small fictional Cheshire town of Reabridge, the harvest festival of 1815 includes a fair with booths providing trinkets, … Continue reading →
Chelsea Pensioners Reading the Waterloo Dispatch In scrolling through images of the Regency era, I’ve come across this painting before. But I never stopped to give it a closer look until a recent article about it. Writing in the Wall … Continue reading →