A Touch of Quill and Ink: Regency Letter Writing
During the Regency era, writing letters, reading them, and sharing the news they contained was an essential part of social life, one largely slated for the women of the household.
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English Chocolate Houses
While chocolate seems ubiquitous today, it did not make its official debut in England until the 1650s when it became very popular in the English Royal Court.)
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Quadrille 1815
In the Dragon Keepers’ Cotillion, the dance master teaches the quadrille. Here’s what it might have looked like.
Continue reading →Did You Hear” Gossip, Scandal and Satire in Jane Austen’s World
Though etiquette writers cautioned that “scandal and gossip had no place in polite conversation,” let’s be honest, people have always been people. The latest details on persons of interest, the more scandalous the better, has always been what people talk about.
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