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Showing posts with label British regency era. Show all posts
Showing posts with label British regency era. Show all posts
Friday, August 28, 2026

In Search of Northanger Abbey: Farleigh Hungerford Castle

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By Nancy Bilyeau Jane Austen is revered for the characters she created, for her wit, and for how she fuses an acerbic, unblinking view of hu...
Sunday, September 4, 2022

The Marriage Drama of Frances Vane Stewart, 3rd Marchioness of Londonderry

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  By Lauren Gilbert Lady Frances Anne Emily Vane-Tempest, Marchioness of Londonderry (1800-1865) and her Son George Henry Robert Charles Wil...
Friday, July 24, 2020

Club London in the Georgian and Regency Eras

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By Lauren Gilbert PAUL FARMER / White's Club St James's Street / CC BY-SA 2.0 During this time of social distancing and stay...
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Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Entailment in English Inheritance Laws during the Regency Era

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By Josi Kilpack Rosings Park in Pride and Prejudice 1995  Have you ever found yourself looking sideways at a plot element in an hi...
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Monday, April 13, 2020

Sea Bathing in the Regency Era

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By Megan Walker Regency era physicians had unique ways of treating various ailments and physical conditions in addition to prescribing her...
Monday, November 11, 2019

British Amazons

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by Maria Grace As the Georgian period drew to a close, an increasing fascination with the medieval past led to a revival of the English...
Friday, October 11, 2019

Home Theatricals: A Tarnished Image

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by Maria Grace Jane Austen and home theatricals While play acting was decidedly a diversion of the wealthy, less affluent members o...
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