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Cover Reveal | “A Winter by the Sea” by Julie Klassen
It’s been a really exciting week for me with new books and covers to share (see my previous posts here and here), so I’m thrilled to be able to participate in the cover reveal blog tour for Julie Klassen’s new Regency historical novel, A Winter by the Sea! It is no secret that I love read more
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Cover Reveal | “Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Lord” by Celeste Connally
I promised I had more fun book things to share with you in yesterday’s post – and today I’m really thrilled to be able to share the cover of Celeste Connally’s upcoming novel, Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Lord. About the book… The first in a new Regency-era mystery series, Act Like A read more
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Review | “Her Lost Words” by Stephanie Marie Thornton
Happy Friday! I love being able to share book-related things with you when it’s time for the weekend, and I have a few exciting book treats to post over the next few days, starting with my review of Stephanie Marie Thornton’s soon-to-be released novel, Her Lost Words, my copy courtesy of Berkley Trade and Penguin read more
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Sir Joshua Reynolds, Celebrity Portrait Painter
If you ever look at British portraits during the eighteenth century, you will be hard-pressed not to come across one by the illustrious Sir Joshua Reynolds. He was one of the artists to be painted by if you were at the level of society that you wanted your portrait taken, and has gone down in read more
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Review | “A Love By Design” by Elizabeth Everett
Happy Friday! I’m excited to share with you today a new historical romance from Elizabeth Everett, the latest instalment in her Secret Scientists of London Series. I’m very grateful to Berkley Romance for sending me a copy for review – and it has definitely made me want to catch up on the previous two books read more
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New Podcast | History Extra, “Jane Austen’s England”
Happy (belated!) new year everyone! I’ve been a little quiet over the festive period, but have some fun things to share really soon I’ve been really enjoying reading and researching! I’m really thrilled to kick off the new year by sharing that today’s BBC History Extra podcast has me in the hot seat answering questions read more
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My 6 Favourite Jane Austen Filming Locations
Today is Jane Austen’s birthday! The author was born on this day, December 16th, in the year 1775 at Steventon in Hampshire. As you might have guessed, I wanted to write something to celebrate her birthday on my blog, so I decided to share with you some of my favourite historic properties that have been read more
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Mini-Post | The Royal Chapel at Versailles
Six years ago today I was with two of my best friends in Paris – one was living there at the time, and we had gone to visit her. It was one of the best trips and perhaps my favourite day was the one in which we went to the Palace at Versailles. It was read more
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On my period drama radar | Winter 2022
After a lot of early nineteenth-century focussed period dramas earlier this year, I’m excited to have lots of different things Dangerous Liaisons Confession: I’ve never read Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, nor seen an adaptation of it. And there are some good ones to choose from: the 1988 film starring John Malkovich, read more
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Review | “Pride and Protest” by Nikki Payne
I get incredibly excited whenever I come across a new retelling of Jane Austen novels, especially when it is one that transforms my favourite of all her novels, Pride and Prejudice. I think the best part of the way different authors play with the story and satire Austen first shared with the world in 1813 read more
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Dr. Lizzie Rogers 