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Mini-Post | The Gilded Age and the Elms
Have you been watching the new season of The Gilded Age? I’ve been loving seeing Newport on screen, where the nouveau riche Russell family have just completed their home, with their (very handsome and eligible) son Larry testing out his architectural skills. Taking a starring role as the Russell home is the Elms, a beautiful read more
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Middleton Hall and Jane Austen
It’s always nice to discover a connection (albeit a little tenuous!) between your favourite author and your hometown. Today I want to share with you the story of Middleton Hall, just outside of Tamworth, Staffordshire, and it’s fascinating seventeenth- and eighteenth-century owners, who were related to one Miss Jane Austen… In the beginning… The land read more
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Mini-Post | Château de la Reine Blanche
I have just come back from a lovely week in France where we travelled for a friend’s wedding. We were lucky enough to visit Chantilly, and there was a tiny landmark in the nearby forest that I could not resist visiting, as it played a pivotal role in one of my most favourite films… In read more
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A Guide to Jane Austen’s England for BBC History Revealed
Hello everyone, happy September! September always feels like a nice new beginning for the year even though it has been many years since I’ve actually been going back to school or university, so I relish this month every year. It’s been a busy summer travelling and working, and I’m excited for some interesting stories and read more
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Book Tour & Review | “What Would Jane Austen Do?” by Linda Corbett
I’ve made no secret of my love of Jane Austen spin-offs, or retellings, and I am really excited to share Linda Corbett‘s new Jane Austen-themed novel What Would Jane Austen Do? If you like heroines who love Austen, family intrigue, blossoming relationships and a celebration of literature, I think you will really like this book! read more
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Mini-Post | Flora (1894)
This weekend, I had the absolute joy of seeing this Evelyn de Morgan painting of “Flora”, which you can find at Delaware Art Museum. It was pretty magical as I’ve had a postcard of it above my desk for so long! Combining influences from Botticelli’s “Primavera” and “The Birth of Venus”, de Morgan (whose first read more
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Mini-Post | Nemours Estate
Welcome to Nemours Estate, a French neoclassical mansion with very beautiful almost-Versailles landscape gardens in Delaware! Nemours was built between 1909 and 1910 by Alfred du Pont for his second wife, Alicia. Alicia had a love of all things French, which inspired much of the home. Alfred’s third wife, Jessie Ball du Pont, loved all read more
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Review & Blog Tour | “The Late Mrs. Willoughby” by Claudia Gray
I don’t know about you, but I love a cosy mystery. I grew up on a diet of Midsomer Murders and one of my favourite period dramas of all time is Endeavour, which follows the young Inspector Morse through through the 1960s and into the 1970s. It is even better when these kind of mysteries read more
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Queen Charlotte article for BBC History Extra
Happy Thursday everyone and happy Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story release day! I have been so excited ever since it was first announced that Shondaland and Netflix would be making a special spin-off exploring Queen Charlotte. She is such a powerhouse of a character in the Bridgerton TV show but also she was a powerhouse read more
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12 Books to Read If You Like “Daisy Jones and the Six”
Now I know I get excited about a LOT of historical dramas, but one makes its debut today on Amazon Prime that I’ve been counting down to for a very long time. It is the premiere of the Daisy Jones and the Six TV show, starring Riley Keough as the titular Daisy Jones, and Sam read more
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Dr. Lizzie Rogers 