Regency Retro Reads. The Story Garden: A Friendly Rivalry Between Georgian Lovers and Regency Devotees. The Story Garden: A Friendly Rivalry Between Georgian Lovers and Regency Devotees February 9, 2012 The Story Garden is about friendship, but friends can disagree, right?
So, I'm Jo Beverley and I'm coordinating a discussion on Georgian v Regency as setting for romance novels. Read the arguments and have your say. We'll pick randomly from among the interesting comments and send the comment writer THE DASHWOOD SISTERS TELL ALL, by Beth Pattillo;SCANDALOUS VIRTUE, by Brenda Hiatt; RUTHLESS, by Anne Stuart; and A LADY'S SECRET, by yours truly, Jo Beverley. First, what's the difference? Technically "Georgian" is the stretch of British history covered by the reigns of kings George first to fourth -- 1714 to 1820. In general usage, Georgian is the 18th century, and Regency is the first 2 decades of the 19th. So, here's my argument in favor of the Georgian Age. I started out writing Regency romance, principally inspired by Georgette Heyer. That unrest in the colonies surprised the British. Comments. -Deb Marlowe- Hearts Through History Romance Writers. By Margaret Breashears On Apr 7 2014, 2:45 pm in nineteenth century life, Texas On one of my jaunts to explore local Texas history I stopped at the Heritage Village Museum in Woodville, Texas.
From the outside I could see some old historic buildings. However, the inside of the museum and the exhibits which walked me through life in east Texas during the nineteenth and early twentieth century surprised me. From the 1920’s homemade still to the 1830’s copper bathtub in the back of the barbershop, the exhibits took the visitor through a walk back in time. Curators deftly created a rather complete town that distilled overlap of the time and technologies throughout the 2 Comments By Angelyn Schmid On Mar 14 2014, 1:00 am in cere cloth, Charles I of England, Duchess of Brunswick, Henry Hyde Lord Clarendon, Henry VIII, Jane Seymour, Prince Regent George IV, Sir Henry Halford, St. 4 Comments By Ruth A.
This has been a difficult snowy winter in the north east. 1 Comment 3 Comments 5 Comments. Hearts Through History Romance Writers. Jane Austen's World. Poor Matthew died as Season 3 ended.
We all sat in our seats as if dumbstruck, certain that Season 4 would begin with a resounding bang, including our attendance at his funeral and wake. Instead, viewers have been treated to a season of tepidness. Julian Fellowes has taken us on a journey in a Sargasso Sea of his own making, circling around familiar story lines and swirling his characters in a holding pattern until he can find a way to break them out. Matthew’s death surprised us and set the stage for cataclysmic changes in the Crawley household. (Image: @Daily Mail) Where are the high stakes conflicts? We were expecting epic upheavals. Granted that Fellowes was not given enough time by ITV to rest on his laurels and breathe before meeting the next season’s writing deadlines. Including a lack of time to develop his stories and characters, Fellowes’ decision to remove the writers who helped to make Season One a resounding success didn’t help matters.
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