Category Archives: British Regency

What’s So Special About The Regency Era?

I have, in point of fact, already blogged about this subject once before. Upon reading aforementioned blog however, I was disappointed with it. I really had not done the era justice and as such (as well as the fact I am a Regency Romance novelist and shall never tire of blogging on the time period),Continue reading “What’s So Special About The Regency Era?”

I Bet You Can’t Write Horses…

That title was a wind-up…..have you come here annoyed?…… Since my last post I have been thinking about horses and horses in writing. There were some mammoth discussions on Facebook after my last post and I could see there are a lot of people who know a lot about horses. However, I am still awareContinue reading “I Bet You Can’t Write Horses…”

Rifles, Honour and, ah yes, a Couple of Wenches!

So, researching history (and I use the term as loosely as verbally possible) is SUCH FUN! Well it is when you get to look at Sean Bean in Sharpe. He’s a real life version of these guys: Be all heroic, gruffly chivalrous and mmmm…. Of course, I do have to turn my head sideways andContinue reading “Rifles, Honour and, ah yes, a Couple of Wenches!”

The Regency Period

So what exactly is it that has people, (particularly females), so very enraptured with the Regency period? After all this period in history spanned a mere nine years (1811-1820) which, if one looks at history as a whole, is a pathetically small amount of time, which should not really have made a dent on historianContinue reading “The Regency Period”