Last week I talked about Anne Cleeland’s new book, set in Spain in the aftermath of the Peninsular War. I thought it would be fun to reprise an old post of mine from 2014 about my research on this topic. … Continue reading →
In April, I’m posting 26 blogs, one for every letter of the alphabet. I write historical romance set in Regency England, and I’m offering a brief lexicon of words to help you understand the story world of my Regency characters. … Continue reading →
A few weeks ago I blogged about the lead-up to the two hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, and today, it’s my pleasure to have as a guest author Susana Ellis whose book Lost and Found Lady is included in … Continue reading →
An Anniversary… A few weeks ago I wrote about the story world of author Georgette Heyer, and an upcoming post I was working on. My article about Regency Buck, the first Regency romance, published in 1935, went live yesterday on the Beau Monde … Continue reading →
Late December 1811 found Lord Wellington in his winter quarters in the town of Frenada, Portugal. He and his officers rode out on fox hunts and dined with friends in their lodgings. Some of the younger officers staged a production … Continue reading →
If you are a fan of Bernard Cornwell’s Richard Sharpe books, or have seen Sean Bean’s excellent portrayal of the hero in the series, you are familiar with the battles among the French, British, Spanish and Portuguese in the Iberian peninsula during the Napoleonic era. And if … Continue reading →