Fart Catcher N. --Cant for a valet or footman due to his walking behind his master or mistress. I am not making this up. 🙂 Cant is slang spoken in London, primarily by thieves, during the 18th and early 19th centuries. Source: 18th Century and Regency Thieves' Cant
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Spring Blog Tour – Straight From the Library
Happy Hump Day fellow lovers of Romance... Today's tour stop is at the blog: Straight from the Library - home of book reviews, library fun, and all things random. As usual, I'll be looking for your comments and will be available to answer your questions. ...And you guessed it... there's no more time to win the beautiful heart shaped necklace… Continue reading Spring Blog Tour – Straight From the Library
Spring Blog Tour – Long and Short Reviews
Happy Tuesday fellow readers... Today's tour stop is at the blog: Long and Short Reviews. Long and Short Reviews is made up of a group avid readers who have come together to review great works of fiction. By their fourth anniversary, they had review almost 9000 fiction books. That's a lot of books! As always,… Continue reading Spring Blog Tour – Long and Short Reviews
The Tinderbox – The Primary Regency Fire Source
Fascinating reading about the process of starting a fire in Regency times.
Spring Blog Tour – Laurie’s Thoughts and Reviews
Well, it's the last week of my spring blog tour. 😦 What am I going to do next week, when I don't have tour announcements to post, ya'll? (Yeah, I'm from the South.) Well, that's next week. I have a week to think about it. But for today, I'll be featured on the blog: Laurie's Thoughts… Continue reading Spring Blog Tour – Laurie’s Thoughts and Reviews
Spring Blog Tour – Room with Books
Welcome Friday! Today, I'll be featured on the Room with Books blog. The Room with Books blog is a blog dedicated to helping authors and readers discover each other. As always, I'll be looking for your comments and will be available to answer your questions. ...And there's still time to win the beautiful heart shaped necklace… Continue reading Spring Blog Tour – Room with Books
Spring Blog Tour – Susana’s Parlour
Today, I'll be featured at Susana's Parlour. Susana's Parlour has a wealth of information about Regency times as well as information and highlights from the latest releases from her fellow romance authors. Susana's Parlour is the blog for fellow regency author, Susana Ellis. If you're interested in checking out her books, you can find out more information on the… Continue reading Spring Blog Tour – Susana’s Parlour
Regency Era Lexicon – The Letter “R”
To my fellow lovers of all things regency…
Regency Era Lexicon – “R” Is Next on Our List
R. A. – member of the Royal Academy, which was founded by George III
Radcliffe, Ann – was an English author, and a pioneer of the Gothic novel. Her style is romantic in its vivid descriptions of landscapes, and long travel scenes, yet the Gothic element is obvious through her use of the supernatural. It was her technique of explained Gothicism, the final revelation of inexplicable phenomena, that helped the Gothic novel achieve respectability in the 1790s.
radical – extreme liberals who demanded governmental reforms leading to the Reform Act of 1832
rag-and-bone shop – a shop that bought and sold rags that could be made into paper, as well as bones the could be ground up into manure
ragbag – servants had the privilege to place discarded rags from their master’s household in a ragbag to be sold later…
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Spring Blog Tour – Booklover Sue
Today, I'll be featured on the Booklover Sue blog. As always, I'll be looking for your comments and will be available to answer your questions. ...And there's still time to win the beautiful heart shaped necklace designed and made for this tour by Keri Lee Sereika... PS - And happy tax day USA... 🙂
Delilah Marvelle Release Party
Tonight, I am a guest author at the USA Today bestselling author, Delilah Marvelle's Release Party for her latest release, The Duke of Andelot! The release party is on Facebook and runs from 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM EST. Delilah will be joined by fellow historical romance authors to celebrate the release of her latest historical,… Continue reading Delilah Marvelle Release Party
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