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Showing posts with label 19th Century Britain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 19th Century Britain. Show all posts
Friday, March 13, 2020

Austen's England: Peaceful as all that? I don't think so

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by M.M. Bennetts Today, for your edification and delight, I am going to rant about a thing very dear to my heart but which causes me no ...
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Thursday, February 28, 2019

Dresser to the Queen: Miss Marianne Skerrett

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By Lauren Gilbert In the television series VICTORIA, Mr. Francatelli had a relationship and married Nancy Skerrett, known as Mrs. Skerrett...
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Wednesday, September 13, 2017

London in 1800: A Stranger's Arrival

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By Mark Patton. Between 1801 and 1841, the population of London increased by an average of 22,500 people per year, or 1875 per month. The ...
Monday, August 14, 2017

Introducing that Amazing Man, William Pitt the Younger ~ Part II

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by Jacqui Reiter    Please cast your minds back to 24 November 2013, when I introduced (or re-introduced) you to the Right Honourable ...
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Friday, July 10, 2015

The Ubiquitous Servant

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by Maria Grace Servants find their way into nearly every work of historical fiction, a familiar stock character in any era. The role and ...
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Wednesday, June 10, 2015

A New Idea: Bathing for Health and Beauty

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by Maria Grace During the long 18th century, the prevailing European attitude toward bathing was largely negative. Plunging oneself into...
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Sunday, June 29, 2014

Queen Adelaide, the Last Georgian Queen

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By Lauren Gilbert Miniature of the Duchess of Clarence, later Queen Adelaide, 1818, by Samuel Raven When Queen Victoria took the throne...