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Caroline Warfield starts a new series!

by Gail Eastwood Posted on September 30, 2016

Today at Risky Regencies, we are delighted to have Caroline Warfield as our guest! Caroline has a book giveaway for you and a fascinating glimpse of a Canadian setting used in her new release, The Renegade Wife. Her new post-Regency … Continue reading →

Posted in Giveaways, Guest, Places, Reading, Uncategorized | Tagged British Empire, Caroline Warfield, Children of Empire, historical romance, Romance, Upper Canada | 13 Comments

Georgiana at Chatsworth

by diane Posted on September 5, 2016

Perhaps one of the most famous Duchesses of Devonshire is Georgiana Cavendish nee Spencer, wife of the 5th Duke. Georgiana was eclipsed, perhaps, only by Deborah Cavendish, the youngest of the famous Mitford sisters and whom I consider the savior … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Places, Uncategorized | Tagged Chatsworth, Duchess of Devonshire, Earl Grey, gem collection, Georgiana Cavendish | 2 Comments

Audley End – From Jacobean Splendor to Taxidermied Birds

by Sandra Schwab Posted on July 6, 2016

“The rooms are high and hung with beautiful tapestries […] [and] the staircases are built with peculiar comfort: after every five steps there is a landing so that one can rest and does not get out of breath.” Johann Ernst … Continue reading →

Posted in Places | Tagged Audley End, Stately Homes | 2 Comments

London’s River

by Gail Eastwood Posted on July 1, 2016

The River Thames has a starring role in my story, The Rake’s Mistake. The heroine, Daphne, Lady Wetherell, lives in a house on the river, and my hero, Lord Ramsdale, is a recreational sailor in an era when that pastime … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Places, Regency, Research, Uncategorized | Tagged Gail Eastwood, London River History, Regency, River Thames | 5 Comments

Visiting Sotterley Plantation, MD

by Janet Mullany Posted on June 24, 2016

I went on a field trip yesterday with a bunch of museum/history geeks to Sotterley Plantation, in Hollywood. (No, not that Hollywood. The one in Maryland.) It’s on the Patuxent River and is the only tidewater plantation open to the … Continue reading →

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A Visit To Chatsworth

by diane Posted on June 6, 2016

My friend Kristine Hughes and I spent three days at Chatsworth on our May England trip and it was not enough time! Chatsworth is the Derbyshire country house of the Duke of Devonshire, one of the first of the great … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Places, Regency, Uncategorized | Tagged Chatsworth, Deborah Mitford, Duchess of Devonshire, Duke of Devonshire | 3 Comments

The Lives of a Roman Fort

by Sandra Schwab Posted on May 4, 2016

As I have surely already mentioned in an earlier post, one of the settings of my upcoming Roman romance EAGLE’S HONOR: RAVISHED is based on a real fort at the Upper German-Raetian limes: the Saalburg, which today is a renowned … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Places | Tagged Museums, Romans, Saalburg | Comments Off

The Joy of Plot Bunnies. I mean Anecdotes.

by Isobel Carr Posted on January 20, 2016

I stumbled across a very entertaining book from 1828 while doing a bit of research about Gentleman’s Clubs in London: The Clubs of London; with anecdotes of their members, sketches of character and conversations. It’s exactly the kind of fodder … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Isobel Carr, Places, Plot bunnies, Regency, Research | 4 Comments

Greetings from Oxford

by Sandra Schwab Posted on September 2, 2015

I’m currently on vacation in Oxford (and I’m typing this on my phone so that should be… er… interesting. Now when you think of Oxford, there are of course the colleges… …and Radcliffe Camera (part of the ginormous Bodleian Library)…. … Continue reading →

Posted in Places | Tagged countryside, Oxford | 4 Comments

At the Rhine

by Sandra Schwab Posted on August 5, 2015

I’m a bit late with my post today as I spent the day at the Rhine with friends. And since I’ve already written about 19th-century travels on the Rhine, I thought it might be nice to share pictures of our … Continue reading →

Posted in Places | Tagged Rhine, Sandra Schwab | 2 Comments

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Category Archives: Places

Caroline Warfield starts a new series!

Georgiana at Chatsworth

Audley End – From Jacobean Splendor to Taxidermied Birds

London’s River

Visiting Sotterley Plantation, MD

A Visit To Chatsworth

The Lives of a Roman Fort

The Joy of Plot Bunnies. I mean Anecdotes.

Greetings from Oxford

At the Rhine

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