Historical Hussies

Those of us who love the Regency era would probably select Jane Austen's house in Chawton as our favorite literary site in Great Bri...

When I write Regency romance novels, I like to include as a variety of sensory details to help the readers feel as if they are really t...

In coaching days, a blacksmith's shop was an obvious stop for any carriage—wheels often needed repair and horses often needed sh...

On my on-line writing group for those of us who write Regency Romance novels, some of us were bemoaning the fact that so many novels...

Can you guess which castle British Heritage selected as the number one castle in the country? Sadly for me, it's not one I've ...

Free public libraries as we know them today did not exist in the Regency. Libraries were part of book shops, and a fee was required to tak...

A forbidden young love. A frantic carriage chase across England. A hasty wedding “over the anvil” at Gretna Green. Such a scene is a ...