Regency History
Younger Sons in Jane Austen’s England
This guest article is written by Rory Muir - a visiting research fellow at the University of Adelaide and a renowned expert on British history. You can buy a signed copy of his book, Gentleman of U...
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No. 1, Bath Street and Mary Smith
On Thursday 8 August 1799, Jane Austen’s aunt, Jane Leigh Perrot, visited the Haberdashery Warehouse at Number 1 Bath Street, near or opposite the King’s Bath. She bought some black lace and was ac...
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A Look at Jane Austen And Dawlish
Jane Austen Gives Literary Advice As She Visits Dawlish by Donna Fletcher Crow Young (and experienced) writers are always advised to seek outside help for their work—join a writers’ group, find a g...
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Jane Austen and the Oliphant in the Room
by Alice Chandler, author of Aunt Jane and the Missing Cherry Pie I do apologize for the pun in my title. The Olifant I refer to is Margaret Olifant (1828-1894), a prolific and popular nineteenth-...
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Rural England in the Age of Jane Austen
by Marc DeSantis A Rural England Though Jane Austen’s life of forty-one years was lamentably short, her time on earth, 1775 to 1817, was nonetheless one of great and momentous change. England was...
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Georgian Era Iron Horses: The Advent of the Steam Locomotive
A look at the development of the British railway system...
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A History of Haiti and Regency Slavery
A brief look at the history of slavery in England as well as the second "French Revolution"
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The Microcosm of London: Astley's Amphitheatre
Famous for the associated riding school and circus...
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