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  • Regency Marriage Proposals

    [Note that this post has been revised to reflect new information. See also the follow-up post.] The research for this post began when I was writing a proposal scene in one of my Regency romances. I wondered whether gentlemen in… Continue reading

    Regency Marriage Proposals

  • 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