Historical Belles and Beaus

 Regency intrigue novella, LOVE AND WAR is now priced at 0.99c on Amazon.com. The Fashions Regency gowns were influenced by the Napole...

A lovely write up about two of my earlier books, Kitty McKenzie and it's sequel. It's so lovely to see when someone enjoys my storie...

Remember, remember the 5th of November Gunpowder, treason and plot. I see no reason that gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot. The Briti...

Just as the Quarter Days mark the beginning of the seasons in England (see previous post ), the Cross-Quarter Days mark the midpoints of the...

The Scarlet Pimpernel inspired me to write a Georgian adventure romance with my own mystery man, Christian Hartley. Maggi "The...

Magic played a strange and ambivalent role in medieval society. Wise-women and wizards were sometimes tolerated or revered or sometimes pers...

Dollies and possers I can well remember watching my grandmother using a posser, and even helping on occasion. It comprised a long stick w...

For societies located in the temperate latitudes, the turning of the seasons provides a natural division of the year into quarters. In Br...

I haven't blogged for a while and I feel nostalgic. Not for blogging, but for the kind of experience that got me fired up with history i...

As I'm working on another Regency romance, I decided to do a series of blogs about this fascinating era. .  I The Dandies During the...

As many authors claim, I am frequently plagued by a very mischievous muse who chooses the most inconvenient of times to summon me - most f...

Coronets and Nobel Hierarchy: From Admirals to Generals, politicians to Royal bastards, a peerage has been the highest honour bestowed by a ...