Of Regency Interest: Blog Posts

  • Inventing aristocratic titles

    Not all Regency romances include aristocratic characters, but writing about the nobility is a long-standing tradition in this subgenre. Many historical romance fans enjoy reading about the elevated society of dukes, marquesses, and earls, even if we are unlikely to ever socialize with members of the peerage. In this post, I’m not going to cover…

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  • Does romance require a HEA?

    If you’ve ever spent time in Book Twitter or Book Threads, you’ve probably seen the perennial fights about whether romance requires a HEA, or “happily-ever-after” ending. It’s a discussion that crops up several times a year. The participants in the debate may change, but the same discussion points come up over and over again. Most…

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  • Merry Christmas, Regency Style

    When you picture a nineteenth-century Christmas, do you imagine scenes out of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol? “The Ghost of Christmas Past” shows Scrooge several scenes offering glimpses of Georgian-era Christmas celebrations. My favorite illustration by John Leech is probably “Fezziwig’s Ball,” which shows us what an eighteenth-century Christmas party might have looked like. (H/T…

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