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The Swiss Garden: A Regency Gem

...the only completely intact garden of this period in the UK.

Arthur Phillip: Founder of Sydney, Resident of Bath

Captain Arthur Phillip was the founder of Sydney Australia.

Governor Phillip meets Jane Austen

Did Arthur Phillip meet Jane Austen in Bath?

Northanger Abbey: The Austen Project, by Val McDermid

A review by Laurel Ann Nattress of Austenprose

An Examination of Regency Petticoats

Learn about proper Regency underpinnings, including petticoats, stays and shifts...

Gothic Horrors: The Regency Vampyre

The origins of the Vampyre novel

Create Tambour Work Embroidery

Learn the easy to begin art of Tambour Work,

Dido Elizabeth Belle

the catalyst to the ending of slavery in England...

Joseph Grimaldi: King of Clowns

Considered the most popular English entertainer of the Regency era

Well in Hand: The Four-Horse Club

Often mistakenly called the "Four in Hand Club", this group began as a rival to the Bensington Driving Club.

Regency Bucks, Beaus and Dandies

These definitions from "Georgette Heyer's Regency World", give a fuller picture of the Regency vocabulary

What Jane Austen Means to Me by Becca Hemmings

Giftshop Manager Becca Hemmings describes how her time at the Jane Austen Centre inspired her life's work.