Stripping the Willow
Real life forms the best basis for world building of all sorts, even in speculative fiction genres.
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Chalked Dance Floors
Was chalking a dancefloor a merely decorative exercise, meant to display wealth to one’s guests, or were there practical reasons for the effort?
Continue reading →National Son’s Day: Younger Sons in Civil Service
Regency era younger sons might preserve their status as gentlemen by a life in civil service.
Continue reading →Games of Jane Austen’s World: Rounders
What did the gentlemen and ladies of the Regency Era do for fun? With the leisure time the gentry class enjoyed, pleasant pastimes were necessary–so without cable tv or streaming media, what did they do?
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