Regency Fashion: Muslin Pattern (1815)

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These patterns appeared in the March 1815 issue of Ackermann’s Repository.  These patterns would frequently appear (and I have shared many on the blog) for Continue →

Joan Smith: Sweet and Twenty

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When the unexpected death of Sir Gerald Monteith placed his wife Melanie and daughter Sara in financial trouble, their only hope was to quickly find Continue →

Grace Burrowes: A Duke By Any Other Name (Limited Review)

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Nathaniel, Duke of Rothhaven, lives in seclusion, leaving his property only to gallop his demon-black steed across the moors by moonlight. Exasperated mamas invoke his Continue →

Regency Crime and Punishment: The Murder of Mr. Steel

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Painting depicting the murder

Mr. Steele was a business man, who owned a lavender farm in Feltham and a lavender water warehouse in the Strand on Catherine Street.  Mr. Continue →