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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Dance Cards

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The dance card, the programme du bal or Carnet de bal, is a little booklet, usually with a decorative cover, which lists dance title...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012

The Fastest Travel in England, Two Hundred Years Ago

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If you wanted to get somewhere fast in Regency England, you took the mail coach. Charged with the timely delivery of the mai...
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Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Regency Weather

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“Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” MARK TWAIN, editorial in the Hartford Courant , Aug. 24, 1897 Whe...
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Friday, April 6, 2012

Guest Tracey Devlyn: Becoming a Spy

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Linda Banche here. My guest today is Tracey Devlyn and her debut Regency historical, A Lady's Revenge . A Lady's Revenge is a spy s...
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Monday, April 2, 2012

Can't Get Enough of Mr. Darcy Adaptations

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Today my special guest author is Regina Jeffers who writes Jane Austen adaptations/sequels, as well as Regency Romance. Welcome, Regina! ...
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

What Did Regency People Name Their Pet Ducks?

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In my Regency comedy romance, An Inheritance for the Birds , the "birds" in the title are mallard ducks. Why ducks? Well, I like d...
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Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Clothing in Ancient Rome

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Because my books begin in Caesar's time and go through the fourteenth century, I'm fascinated by how fashions changed through the ce...
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