Book review of the Talisman Ring by Georgette Heyer. One reviewer liked it, the other didn’t.
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The Talisman Ring by Georgette Heyer: A Conversational Review
Posted in Book review, jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Regency Life, Regency style, Regency World, tagged Georgette Heyer, Georgette Heyer Book Reviews, Regency Books, SourceBooks, The Talisman Ring on May 30, 2009 | 19 Comments »
Pride and Prejudice 1995: China Pattern at Netherfield Park
Posted in jane austen, Popular culture, Pride & Prejudice 1995, Regency Life, Regency style, tagged China used in Pride and Prejudice 2005, Netherfield, Netherfield Park, Royal Doulton on May 29, 2009 | 14 Comments »
Inquiring readers, Last year a reader wrote in to say that the Cornelia Green pattern by Mottahedeh was used as the China for the dining room scenes at Longbourn. Yesterday, Katrina reported that the Royal Doulton china pattern used for the scenes at Netherfield Park early in the film is called English Rennaisance. Thank you for [...]
Hiring Servants in the Regency Era and Later
Posted in jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Regency Life, Regency Period, Regency World, tagged hiring regency servants, Regency Servants, Servant registry office, Servants on May 27, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Servants found jobs in the Regency Period through word of mouth, registry offices, and references.
Old English Costumes: The Talbot Hughes Collection at the V&A
Posted in Fashions, jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Regency Life, Regency style, Regency World, tagged Costume collection, Regency Fashion, Talbot Hughes, Talbot Hughes Victoria and Albert Museum Dress Collection, Victoria & Albert Museum, Victorian Era, Victorian painter on May 23, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Talbot Hughes’ dress collection from the 17th to 19th century was shown at Harrod’s in 1913 before the costumes were donated to the Victoria and Albert museum.
Cost of Transportation, Bathing Machines, and Carriages in 1836 Brighton
Posted in jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Regency Life, Regency Period, Regency style, Regency Transportation, Regency World, tagged Georgian Brighton, Regency Brighton on May 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Brighton as It Is 1836 has been posted electronically online. A fascinating tour guide, it offers many peeks into a world that is long gone. Most interesting is this page that lists the fares for hiring a sedan chair, bathing machine, pleasure boats, and carriages. One may also find the subscription to the reading room [...]
Regency Mourning
Posted in Fashions, jane austen, Regency Etiquette, Regency Life, Regency Period, Regency style, tagged 19th century mourning fashions, Regency mourning fashions, Victorian Era, Victorian mourning on May 16, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Outward manifestations of grief have changed in mourning rituals over the centuries. These days when we think of 19th century mourning, we tend to confuse elaborate Victorian rules of the 1860′s with the less rigid mourning etiquette of the earlier 19th century. Mourning fashions during the Regency Period are fully described in Dressing for Mourning [...]
Early Toys: The Jigsaw or Dissected Puzzle
Posted in jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Regency Life, Regency Period, Regency World, tagged Dissected puzzle, Georgian era, History of toys, jigsaw puzzle, Regency toys on May 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
When Fanny Price first arrived at Mansfield Park, her cousins found her ignorant on many things. “Dear mama, only think, my cousin cannot put the map of Europe together.” The girls were referring to dissected geography puzzles, now known as jigsaw puzzles, that had first made their appearance in Europe in the 18th century and [...]
Cousin Kate by Georgette Heyer, A Review
Posted in Book review, tagged Cousin Kate, Georgette Heyer, Georgette Heyer Book Reviews, Gothic romance novels, Regency Books, SourceBooks on May 12, 2009 | 17 Comments »
Cousin Kate is a Georgette Heyer Gothic romance
Watch Wallander Episodes Online at PBS
Posted in Movie review, tagged Kenneth Branagh, Masterpiece Mystery, PBS Movie Adaptation, PBS Movie Review, Wallander on May 11, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Kenneth Branagh plays Wallander in three episodes for PBS Masterpiece Mystery
Coral Necklaces, Regency Style
Posted in Fashions, jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Regency Life, Regency Period, Regency style, Regency World, tagged Coral necklace, John Hoppner, Late Georgian jewelry, Peter Paul Rubens, Regency Fashion, Regency jewellery, Regency jewelry, Sir Thomas Lawrence on May 9, 2009 | 23 Comments »
Inquiring Reader: You’ve probably seen the necklaces dozens of times without noticing them. I have. These beautiful single string coral necklaces worn by Regency ladies escaped my attention until my friend and blogging partner on Jane Austen Today, Laurel Ann of Austenprose, sent me some spectacular images, such as the one of Lady Maria Hamilton, [...]
The Dolphin Hotel in Southampton: Where Jane Austen Danced
Posted in jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Regency Life, Regency World, tagged Assembly Rooms, Dolphin Hotel, southampton on May 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Dolphin Hotel in Southampton, where Jane Austen danced, will close its doors at the end of May 2009
Poll: Favorite Masterpiece Classic
Posted in jane austen, PBS Movie Adaptation, tagged Masterpiece Classic, Sense and Sensibility, Wuthering Heights, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, PBS Masterpiece Classic, Old Curiosity Shop, Movie Poll on May 4, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Vote for your favorite 2009 Masterpiece Classic presentation
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- Five Regency tea cups: The book is not perfect (few books are), but it was well worth its purchase and possesses many outstanding qualities that makes it stand head and shoulders above its counterparts.
- Four Regency tea cups: This book offered many hours of pleasant reading, and I found I could not put it down.
- Three Regency tea cups: Damned with faint praise. I put the book down often, but was intrigued enough to finish it. In this instance, the movie might be better.
- Two Regency tea cups: This book required major changes that the author and editor should have fixed before publishing deadline.
- One Regency tea cup: Oh dear. I do so feel for the trees that sacrificed their lives for this verbal garbage.
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