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Mapping Mayfair
In one of my earliest books, Scandalizing the Ton, I set my heroine’s residence in London’s Mayfair, the area of London that borders on Hyde Park, and includes such Regency places such as Grosvenor...
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The Regency Encrier (Inkstand): What’s on Your MC’s Desk (and Why?)
(Courtesy V&A Museum: Still Life by Isabel Agnes Cowper 1880) My curiosity was piqued recently when a friend sent me photos of an 18th century room in Williamsburg, VA that included a desk...
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Waterloo Again
June 18th will be the 207th anniversary of the battle of Waterloo, the epic battle that marked the final defeat of Napoleon and gave Europe a century of peace and prosperity broken only by WWI. It is...
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The Opening of Waterloo Bridge –June 18, 1817
Every year, June 18 always brings with it thoughts of the battle of Waterloo, an epic battle that claimed tremendous losses for its time but ultimately altered the course of world history. But I also...
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Cooling It on the Water: Regency Boating
We looked at winter sports back in December 2020 and January 2021, and perhaps summer activities seem really obvious since when the sun shines and the days are warmer, what can’t be done outside? But...
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Lions and Tigers and Bears, oh my…
Romancelandia thrives on strange pets, but the creatures authors give their characters are by no means stranger than those real people kept during the Georgian era. There was a large menagerie at the...
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Summer Fun in the Regency-Part 2
As promised last month, here is more of our look at Regency summer sports and activities. When the sun shines and the days are warmer, what can’t be done outside? But you might be surprised at which...
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Summer Fun in the Regency, Part 3
Can you identify which of the following games (all of them ways of hitting a ball) would have been activities for Regency people and which would not? Tennis, baseball, rounders, nine pins, croquet,...
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The Folio of Dempsey’s People
A friend brought me this amazing book when she visited from Australia. The original folio is in a museum there, though all the portraits are of people from England. Some of the people were famous in...
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Diane’s Trip to Waterloo
As you might realize, most of my books’ heroes are British Army officers. Perhaps because I grew up as an army brat, the daughter of an army colonel. I’ve placed many of my heroes (and heroines) at the...
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