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The Regency Inkwell

English - Regency Period, Jane Austen
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The Regency Inkwell · 1W ago

The Washington Romance Writers’ Retreat

April 27– 29, 2012 This was my first time attending the WRW retreat. I was apprehensive not because of the overwhelming energy and talent I was going to be among, but because of my shyness. I was afraid of getting lost in the crowd. Thankfully my experience was completely the opposite. Everywhere I
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The Regency Inkwell · 3W ago

The Regency Inkwell Expands

Dear Readers, I know it has been a very long time since I have either posted or done a book review. As many of you are aware running a blog can be time consuming, especially while trying to write your own stories.  However, I am totally dedicated to this blog and the vast of information it [...]
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The Regency Inkwell · 3M ago

Coffee Time with Ms.Sally MacKenzie

My first contact with Ms. Sally MacKenzie, a USA Today bestselling author, who writes funny, romantic and hot, Regency-set historical stories, was when I emailed to invite her for an interview for The Regency Inkwell. Ms. MacKenzie graduated from the University of Notre Dame in the first class of wo
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The Regency Inkwell · 5M ago

Lynn Shepherd’s Fun for the holiday season – the great #AustenMurderMatch!

Dear readers, Please join Author Lynn Shepherd of “Murder at Mansfield Park” for a bit of holiday fun.  Ms. Shepherd hopes to pin, two Janeite  murder mysteries, Murder at Mansfield Park against PD James’ Death Comes to Pemberley. She is inviting anyone who’s read both books to write a short review
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The Regency Inkwell · 8M ago

Welcome to the Victorian Period

Dear Readers, The Victorian period encompasses the reign of Queen Victoria from June 1837 till her death in January of 1901. During this time England experienced a period of peace, prosperity, and refined social etiquette. The period was preceded by the Georgian/Regency period and succeeded by the E
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The Regency Inkwell · 11M ago

Book Reviews

Charlotte Collins by Jennifer Becton Pride and Prejudice could be called Jane Austen’s flagship novel. Its themes focus on issues of manners, morality, marriage, and love. Charlotte Lucas, a minor character in Pride and Prejudice, is the close friend of Miss Elizabeth Bennet, the story’s heroine.  C
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The Regency Inkwell · 1Y ago

Putting Your Best Face Forward in Regency England

Dear Readers, Whilst cosmetics are common today and used by most women, in Regency England, the white faces and red lips of the Rococo Period gave way to a more natural look, especially for debutantes and young married women. Older women clung to the white face powder to cover imperfections and wrin
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The Regency Inkwell · 1Y ago

Jane Austen’s Unfinished Business

Dear Readers,  Sanditon is a novel begun by Jane Austen, but she only managed to finish 11 chapters before her untimely death in 1817.  She left another unfinished work as well, but Sanditon is unique in that another writer, British author and freelancer Juliette Shapiro, chose to finish it in the m
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The Regency Inkwell · 1Y ago

Recipes for Tasty Regency Reading

Dear Readers,  Ever long for a good fricassee? Or perhaps a vegetable pie or macaroni, Regency-style?  Then you may find The Jane Austen Cookbook by Maggie Black and Deirdre Le Faye (McClelland & Stewart Ltd, 2002, first trade Canadian paperback; original hardback published by The British Museum Pre
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The Regency Inkwell · 1Y ago

The Regency’s Government

Dear Readers, At the time of the regency period, Parliament was a “sleepy collection” of peers in the House of Lords and the landed gentry, the Commons.  There were no rules as to how long Government could stay in power, no popular voting, and very little pressing  business-other than to vote on the
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