Nineteenth Century

  • Adapting Jane Austen | “An American in Austen”

    Adapting Jane Austen | “An American in Austen”

    Film poster copyright Hallmark Channel. Anyone who is a fan of Jane Austen, and Austen adaptations, has been pretty spoiled this February if they also like the Hallmark Channel.  Confession: I enjoy the Hallmark Channel a lot. I have watched their previous Jane Austen forays (and there have been a few… watch for a future read more

  • Review | “Sex, Lies and Sensibility”, by Nikki Payne

    Review | “Sex, Lies and Sensibility”, by Nikki Payne

    Happy Friday! I’m excited to share a new book review with you today, courtesy of Berkley, of Nikki Payne’s brand new novel Sex, Lies and Sensibility, which came out three days ago. If the title sounds familiar, you would be right… this is a contemporary retelling of Jane Austen’s first novel, Sense and Sensibility, and read more

  • Article in BBC History Magazine | February 2024 issue

    Article in BBC History Magazine | February 2024 issue

    On stands today is BBC History’s 300th issue of their magazine, and I am over the moon to say that this special issue includes an article by me… I’m sharing five things you (probably) didn’t know about the Regency period! I hope if that you pick up a copy, you really enjoy it! It’s a read more

  • Review | “The Ladies Rewrite the Rules”, by Suzanne Allain

    Review | “The Ladies Rewrite the Rules”, by Suzanne Allain

    You know I absolutely adore a historical romance, particularly if it is set within the Regency in Britain. There are so many great ones – and I feel like I have barely scratched the surface with what I have read – but I am always drawn to the ones that celebrate strong female heroines, and read more

  • Regency History Course | HistoryExtra Academy

    Regency History Course | HistoryExtra Academy

    I am so thrilled to announce that today, my course on the history of the Regency in Britain, has gone LIVE with HistoryExtra Academy over at BBC History!!! Here’s a video that I posted yesterday explaining a bit more about the course… The course is available to anyone who is a member of HistoryExtra (you read more

  • Launching in January 2024…

    Launching in January 2024…

    Image by Thomas Rowlandson, “Plate 15: From World in Miniature”, 1816, Met Museum. It is a truth universally acknowledged that although I am an historian of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, I can’t help that I find the Regency period perhaps the most interesting of all – it is hard not to, when dramas, read more

  • The Wit of Jane Austen’s Letters

    The Wit of Jane Austen’s Letters

    Today is Jane Austen’s birthday! She was born in Steventon on December 16th, 1775, an auspicious day for any lover of her writing – like me. I’ve hardly been subtle about my love for Jane Austen on this blog, and am relishing that, over the past year or two, more and more of my time read more

  • Review & Blog Tour | “A Winter by the Sea”, by Julie Klassen

    Review & Blog Tour | “A Winter by the Sea”, by Julie Klassen

    I’m momentarily off the mysteries today and back to a classic Regency romance novel, with an endearing heroine and handsome love interests, besides being steeped in wonderful historical detail. You may remember that in February, I participated in the cover reveal for Julie Klassen’s new novel, A Winter by the Sea, and I was lucky read more

  • Thirteen Favourite Things to do in Savannah, Georgia

    Thirteen Favourite Things to do in Savannah, Georgia

    As of last week, I’ve lived in Savannah, Georgia for four years, which, quite frankly, has gone by in a flash. I love our adopted home city – though I definitely love flying back across the pond, and miss prawn cocktail crisps, Percy Pig sweets and at this time of year, mince pies – and read more

  • Book Review | “Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Lord”, by Celeste Connally

    Book Review | “Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Lord”, by Celeste Connally

    Happy autumn – and almost Thanksgiving for those who celebrate! – everybody! I love reading all year round but as the nights draw in and the clocks change, there is nothing I like better than sitting in my armchair with tea – or wine – and reading. I wanted to share a book with you read more

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