christmas

  • 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… Continue reading

    Merry Christmas, Regency Style

  • Twelve Days of Christmas 2

    The Octave of Christmas has ended, but we are still in the Twelve Days of Christmas! Today is Day 9. For the last week, I’ve been slowly reading through one of the old Signet Christmas Anthologies, A Regency Christmas Present.… Continue reading

    Twelve Days of Christmas 2

  • The Twelve Days of Christmas 1

    I’m a mood reader, which means I usually prefer to read holiday romances near the relevant holiday. Like many romance readers, I’ve been reading a lot of Christmas romance lately. In my religious tradition, Christmas is an Octave rather than… Continue reading

  • Review: A LORD’S GUIDE TO MUTINY, MARRIAGE, AND MISTLETOE.

    I love funny, lighthearted historical romances, but I also like historical romance that does serious political work. Anne Knight’s Christmas novella, A Lord’s Guide to Mutiny, Marriage, and Mistletoe, is an example of the latter. Centered on an early nineteenth-century… Continue reading