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Champagne History Meets Women’s History

Simply Romance Posted on March 7, 2023 by Alina K. FieldFebruary 16, 2023

If you Google “Veuve Clicquot” you’ll find shopping links for this brand of fine French champagne. But the Veuve Clicquot was an actual person, a woman, Barbe-Nicole Clicquot, who led an international company through a terribly chaotic period in French … Continue reading →

Posted in #HistoricalResearch | Tagged champagne history, French champagne, riddling, Veuve Clicquot

The Glittering Eighteenth Century

Simply Romance Posted on June 29, 2021 by Alina K. FieldJune 27, 2021

Early this month I blogged about the glittering, garish fashions of men in the Georgian era. Dazzling Reflections In the dazzling world of the upper classes, fashion in dress reflected fashion in home decoration. The Corning Museum of Glass in … Continue reading →

Posted in #HistoricalResearch | Tagged Corning Museum, Eighteenth Century Fashion, Historical Research, Robert Adam

Avoiding the “Oops”, From the #HistoricalResearch Files

Simply Romance Posted on June 22, 2021 by Alina K. FieldJune 19, 2021

Blunders and boo-boos I’ve just sent off my latest story Claims of the Heart, for developmental editing, and barely avoided a big “oops”. Given the multitude of distractions in my world, this was a really hard story to write and … Continue reading →

Posted in #HistoricalResearch | Tagged Filing cabinets, Filing systems, historical fiction, Regency history

The Great Male Renunciation: Masculine Fashion History

Simply Romance Posted on June 1, 2021 by Alina K. FieldMay 30, 2021

Men’s Fashions for Georgia-era Historical Romance Fans I love the early Georgian-set novels of Lucinda Brandt, Jo Beverly, and others. However, I confess that I find the men’s fashions off-putting. What?! A hero in red high heels with lacy cuffs … Continue reading →

Posted in #HistoricalResearch | Tagged Georgian dress, Georgian history, Men's Fashions, Regency men's fashion

In Search of a Hand #HistoricalResearch

Simply Romance Posted on May 25, 2021 by Alina K. FieldMay 28, 2021

If you read my latest novel, Fated Hearts, you know that one of the characters lost a hand in the Battle of Waterloo. That character is making a reappearance in my work-in-progress. In fact, he’s the hero, Tristan Hamilton Howton, … Continue reading →

Posted in #HistoricalResearch | Tagged Lord Nelson, Pare's hand, Prosthetic Hands

The Smuggling Vicar of Gorleston

Simply Romance Posted on April 20, 2021 by Alina K. FieldApril 17, 2021

Here I am, talking about the subject of eighteenth and nineteenth century smuggling again! Have you read my most recent release, The Comtesse of Midnight, in the Storm & Shelter Bluestocking Belles and Friend Collection? If so, you know that … Continue reading →

Posted in #HistoricalResearch | Tagged Historical Research, Norfolk Smuggling, Smuggling, Storm & Shelter

Coronets and a Duke for Sale #99cents, Last Day!

Simply Romance Posted on September 22, 2020 by Alina K. FieldSeptember 19, 2020

I’m reprising a 2014 post on coronets for dukes and other ranks of nobility. But first a reminder: The Duke She Despised is specially priced at 99 cents. Hurry! This is the last day for this sale! And on to … Continue reading →

Posted in #HistoricalResearch | Tagged #99cents, Coronets, dukes

From the Historical Research Files: Smuggling Spirits

Simply Romance Posted on September 8, 2020 by Alina K. FieldSeptember 7, 2020

I’ve stumbled into a fortunately not too deep rabbit hole over the issue of smuggling spirits, which led me back to some earlier research that I’ll share a bit further on in the post.  And now, without further ado, I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in #HistoricalResearch | Tagged Gin, Historical Research, Smuggling in Britain, Smuggling Spirits

Men in Kilts: From the #HistoricalResearch Files

Simply Romance Posted on July 28, 2020 by Alina K. FieldJuly 26, 2020

In the course of researching clothing for the hero in my work in progress, I’ve been thinking a lot about men in kilts. Kilt or Trews? My hero is an officer from a Scottish regiment in London in March 1815. … Continue reading →

Posted in #HistoricalResearch | Tagged Highland Regiment Uniforms, Highland Regiments, Men in Kilts

#HistoricalResearch: Flintlock Pistols

Simply Romance Posted on April 21, 2020 by Alina K. FieldApril 19, 2020

First, a trigger warning (no pun intended) for anyone who is phobic about the subject of black powder flintlock pistols. Heroes and Heroines with Firearms Guns play roles in some of my stories, so this is a subject I’ve researched … Continue reading →

Posted in #HistoricalResearch | Tagged Flintlock Pistols, Georgian gunmakers, Pocket Pistols

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