Historical Hussies

© Cheryl Bolen             Between 1770 and 1830 some 20,000 satirical or humorous engravings were published in London's print shop...

By Donna Hatch Ladies in Regency England had more reasons to change clothes than the modern-day woman would ever believe. They had spec...

Over the centuries in England, post houses existed along the roads, many of them constructed at first to provide horses for the Roya...

© Cheryl Bolen The second Viscount Palmerston (1739-1802), whose son served as Prime Minister in the 1850s and 1860s, exemplified th...

It's spring--almost! With Valentine's day here, you can read up on a History of Valentine's Day over at Jane Austen's W...

The facts of Lady Caroline Lamb’s life are presented in this 2004 biography from Paul Douglass, but as an English professor (at San Jose...

by Donna Hatch Unlike the sun-kissed tans admired by some women today, (and let's face it, chalk-white legs just aren't covete...