Regency Women of Character: Letty Lade

Letitia (Letty) Lade nee Derby was likely a member of the Drury Lane working class before rising to tonnish circles.  Some sources suggest her father Continue

Regency Hot Spots: Gaming Houses of the West End

Reg. readers are well aware of the popularity of gaming in London among gentlemen.  Whether it was putting on the books some lark bet between Continue

Regency Crime and Punishment: The London Guide and Stranger’s Safeguard Against the Cheats, Swindlers, and Pickpockets

“When a stranger first arrives in this overgrown city and finds upon alighting at the inn that he has still some miles perhaps to go Continue