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Book Reviews: A Triple Knot, We Should All Be Feminists, & Change Your Brain...
Hello everyone,here's what I read last week. Enjoy!A Triple Knot by Emma CampionJoan, the Fair Maid of Kent, is best known for marrying Edward, the Black Prince. What few know, is that she had been...
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Fashions For 1830 (Part 1)
Hello everyone,I haven't posted any fashion plates in a while, and it's time to remedy that. I've recently found some lovely ones, including an image with a young mother and her two children. It is...
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Elizabeth De Burgh
Born in about 1289, Elizabeth De Burgh was the daughter of Richard, 2nd Earl of Ulster, one of the most powerful Irish nobles and a close friend and staunch supporter of King Edward I of England....
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Movie Review: Anne Of The Thousand Days
For six years, this year, and this, and this, and this, I did not love him. And then I did. Then I was his. I can count the days I was his in hundreds. The days we bedded. Married. Were Happy. Bore...
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7 Perfumes Inspired By Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette and perfumes have long been two obsessions of mine. So I'm always thrilled when I come across a perfume inspired by the charming Queen of France, and she has inspired a lot of them!...
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Book Reviews: The Boleyn Reckoning & The Fortune Hunter
Hello everyone,today I have two historical novels for you. Enjoy!The Boleyn Reckoning by Laura AndersenWhat if Anne Boleyn had given birth to a healthy boy who grew up to rule England? Laura Anderson...
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Restrictions In The Dress Of Apprentices, In 1600
Apprentices were not allowed to wear hats, nor any other covering on the head but a woollen cap; no ruffles, cuffs, loose collars, nor anything more than a ruff at the collar, and that only a yard and...
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Louise Hollandine of the Palatinate, The Artist Nun Princess
Born at the Hague in the early hours of the morning of 8 April 1622, Princess Louise was the sixth child and second daughter of Frederick V, Elector Palatine and his wife, Elizabeth Stuart. The baby,...
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Historical Reads: Sophia Musters
Over at The Duchess Of Devonshire's Gossip Guide To The 18th Century, Heather Carroll remembers a famous Georgian tart, Sophia Musters. To quote:By the age of eighteen her parents had found Sophia a...
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The Adelaide Mill
Queen Adelaide of England, wife of King William IV, was a pious woman with simple tastes and devoted to her husband, with whom she led a quiet, boring, life. When she became Queen, she decided to...
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Book Reviews: Six Steps To Small Business Success & The Power Of Noticing
Hello everyone,I have two books reviews for your today. Enjoy!Six Steps to Small Business Success: How to Start, Manage, and Sell Your Business by Bert Doerhoff, David Lucier, Lowell Lillge, R. Sean...
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Fashions For 1821
Hello ladies and gentlemen,today I present you with a couple of fashionable outfits the well-dressed English lady would have worn in 1821. I particularly love the court dress, it is so beautiful, don't...
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The Forgotten Boleyn: Elizabeth Howard
The Boleyns are one of the most fascinating and controversial families in English history. Anne evoked either feelings of admiration or hatred. Her father Thomas and her brother George are despised for...
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Historical Reads: Women's Work And Family In The Viking Age
Over at The Freelance History Writer, Susan Abernethy discusses women's work and family in the Viking age. To quote:Grave goods signify the type of work related to women during the Viking Age. These...
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Lord Chesterfield's Avice To His Son
Neglected in his own childhood, Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, had determined to give his illegitimate son Philip a good education. He, therefore, wrote him many letters, giving advice on...
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Book Reviews: Jane Austen's First Love, Mona Lisa: A Life Discovered, & The...
Hello everyone,curious to find out what I've been reading lately? Here we go:Jane Austen's First Love by Syrie JamesI don't read many romance novels these days but, as a Janeite, I just couldn't pass...
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A Remarkable Instance Of A Person Being Tried For Murder On The Pretended...
Being the first to "discover" the murder and raising the alarm can sometimes serve the culprit as a distraction to take everyone's attention away from him. Just don't embellish your story too much, and...
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Laetitia Pilkington, Her Serene Highness Of Lilliput
Laetitia Pilkington was a celebrated Anglo-Irish poet best known for her friendship with Jonathan Swift. Until he cut her off when she divorced her husband, Matthew Pilkington, a priest for the...
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15 Minutes With Evangeline @ Edwardian Promenade
Edwardian Promenade is a must read for all fans of the Edwardian era. Run by the lovely Evangeline, the website covers every aspect of life during this period, "with a bit of Gilded Age America, Belle...
View ArticleMore 18th Century Inspired Commercials
A few months ago, I shared with you some cool ads inspired by the 18th century. Well, I've recently found three more I think you may enjoy. I especially love the latter. It features a ball, masks, and...
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