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Valentine's Day Gift Guide
Valentine's Day is fast approaching. If you, or your significant other, are still looking for a lovely or unsual present that says "I Love You", check out the options below.I'm sure you'll find...
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Charlotte Williams, The Natural Daughter Of The Duke Of Devonshire
On 7 June 1774, William, Duke of Devonshire, married Georgiana Spencer, a young, charming, and fashionable lady full of hopes for the future. Georgiana was aware that her main job was to provide her...
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Professional Roles Of Anglo-Saxon Women
What roles did women play in the Anglo-Saxon society? Anglo-Saxon women investigates:After the 12th century, women were given a little more freedom to participate in Urban life, such as entertaining....
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Industry And Idleness
Industry and Idleness was a common theme for many prints in the 18th century. The most famous example is Hogarth's. His series features 12 plates, which were just engraved and never painted, each of...
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Book Reviews: Rewire Your Anxious Brain, Uncovering Happiness, The Altruistic...
Hello everyone,it's that time of the week again. Yep, time for some book reviews. Enjoy!Rewire Your Anxious Brain: How to Use the Neuroscience of Fear to End Anxiety, Panic, and Worry by Catherine M....
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The Royal Wedding Cake
The 1840 edition of the Mirror Of Literature features a description of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's wedding cake:This Royal Cake weighed nearly three hundred pounds. It was three yards in...
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Humphry Davy
When we think of a scientist, we conjure up images of a very smart, but sad, serious man who never laughs nor smiles. Well, not Humphry Davy. He had a penchant for laughing gas and often inhaled it...
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Movie Review: Northanger Abbey (1986)
I always thought that, out of all Jane Austen's works, Northanger Abbey was the easiest to adapt in a movie. It is the most faced-paced, light-hearted, and features a Gothic element that works really...
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Can I Ask You A Favour?
Can you please spare a few minutes of your time to fill out my readers’ survey? I’d love to hear what you think of History And Other Thoughts, what you’d like to see here in the future, and what needs...
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Book Reviews: The Match Girl And The Heiress, The Many Faces Of Josephine...
Hello everyone,curious to see what I've been reading lately? Let's get started then:The Match Girl and the Heiress by Seth Koven Nellie Dowell, the daughter of a sailor who drowned at sea when she was...
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Fashions For 1855
During the years I showed you a lot of fashion prints that appeared in old magazines to give you an idea of what fashionable ladies would have once worn, but they mostly were from the Regency period....
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Anne Marie D'Orléans, First Queen Of Sardinia
Little remembered today Anne Marie d'Orléans was the first Queen consort of Sardinia, the maternal grandmother of Louis XV of France, and an important figure in British history.Born on August 27, 1669,...
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Historical Reads: Anne Boleyn Portraits – Which is the True Face of Anne Boleyn?
Anne Boleyn is one of the most important women in English history. She was the catalyst for the Reformation, which changed the history of the country forever. Yet, we know so little about her. We...
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Was The Dark Countess Really Marie Therese Of France?
In 1807, a mysterious couple arrived in Hildburghausen, Germany. The young, blonde-haired woman always wore a veil to cover her face. Her companion, an older man, had an aristocratic air, and acted as...
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Book Reviews: Wicked Women, After Acts, Andy Warhol, & Plucked
Hello everyone,what have you been reading lately? Here are my picks:Wicked Women: Notorious, Mischievous, and Wayward Ladies from the Old West by Chris Enss During the late nineteenth century, while...
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The Dauphin's Character
After the Duchess de Polignac had fled France at the beginning of the French Revolution, Marie Antoinette appointed the Marchioness de Tourze as governess to her children. "Madame," said she, "I...
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Marie Of Edinburgh, The Last Queen Consort Of Romania
Princess Marie of Edinburgh was the last Queen Consort of Romania. Born on 29 October 1875 in Kent she was the daughter of Prince Albert, Duke of Edinburgh and second son of Queen Victoria, and Grand...
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15 Minutes With Isabella Bradford (aka Susan Holloway Scott)
After years of writing historical fiction, Susan Holloway Scott has gone back to penning historical romances under the name Isabella Bradford. Her latest work, A Sinful Deception, tells the story of...
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Regency Slang (Part 4)
It's been ages since I wrote one of these posts. High time to remedy that, I think! So, here are a few Regency words and expressions that may puzzle you if you come across them in an old book....
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Book Review: Mind Change By Susan Greenfield
Did you know that our brain adapts to whatever environment it is placed in? And our modern environment is vastly different from the environment in which our brain evolved. Technology has created a...
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