English Historical Fiction Authors

by Maria Grace Illustration to Robert Burns' poem, Auld Lang Syne By John Masey Wright (1777-1866, artist) Public Domain, via W...

by Maria Grace The Coming of Father Christmas Courtesy of the British Library  Though gift giving was not the primary focus of the Chr...

by Maria Grace Twinkling lights are an iconic emblem of the holiday season. Even before the Christmas tree was widely in vogue, the Regen...

by Maria Grace  Each year, Regency era British theaters prepared Christmas pantomimes (pantos) that would begin on Boxing Day and run as l...

by Maria Grace Epiphany or Twelfth Night was the exciting climax of the Christmastide season, a time for putting away social norms. It wa...

 by  Maria Grace Christmastide celebrations and traditions in the Regency era extended from a week before Advent all the way through to Tw...

by  Maria Grace Each year it seems we complain that the holiday season begins earlier and earlier with some shops bringing out holiday good...