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Regency Culture and Society: Valentine’s and Puzzle Purses

By Anne | February 14, 2018 - 10:35 am |February 20, 2018 Regency Culture and Society

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Puzzle purses were one way lovers could exchange “Valentines” as early as the 1700s. Constructed from paper folded in intricate origami style, each panel would Continue →

Regency Customs: A Receipt for Courtship

By Anne | January 18, 2018 - 8:15 am |January 30, 2018 Regency Culture and Society, Regency Customs

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This 1805 caricature of courtship gives a simple recipe for love and marriage (by Lurie & Whittle of Fleet Street): Two or three dears, and Continue →

Maggie Mackeever: Love Match

By Anne | December 12, 2017 - 7:36 am |January 4, 2018 Maggie Mackeever

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When Lord Charnwood’s dependents shows up on his wedding day to Elizabeth Chavers, he must find a way to salvage his marriage and turn an Continue →

Regency Reader Questions: Dandy, Macaroni, Pink and Bond Street Beaux

By Anne | September 10, 2017 - 7:57 am |January 9, 2018 Regency Reader Questions

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Regency Reader Question Katherine MS What is the difference between a A dandy, macaroni, pink of the ton? Source of Question Research Additional comments Maybe Continue →