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The Real Jane Austen by Paula Byrne 29 Jan 2013 | 12:28 am
Recently I received the book The Real Jane Austen by Paula Byrne, the book I posted a trailer from earlier. If you read through this blog you will notice a lot of Austen-related subjects. It’s true, I...
Jane Austen: a life in small things 11 Jan 2013 | 01:21 pm
If you like to read Jane Austen, there inevitable comes a point where you’ve read all the books, but are not yet ready to leave the Austen universe. Luckily, there are many annotated versions and biog...
American, Old English or a la Russe: Dinner styles in the 19th century 26 Dec 2012 | 09:51 pm
Because so many people come to this blog for tips on hosting a Victorian-style dinner, I thought this would fit right in. It’s from an article I read recently describing the fashions of serving food a...
Our ice-cream van was their muffin man. (Guest post) 15 Oct 2012 | 11:17 am
Who hasn’t eaten an ice-cream or at least a muffin in their life ? Even in movies you see children run behind an ice-cream van, shouting ecstatically for them to stop. While the sound of their bells w...
Guest post: Fashion Press Coverage in the Late Nineteenth Century: A Churchill Family Example 2 Oct 2012 | 04:25 pm
Today’s post is written by Sally E. Svenson: “You have not got to hunt for the best dresses in a crowd,” observed an English society journalist in 1890. “They will always make themselves seen.” What...
The Black Count by Tom Reiss 21 Sep 2012 | 08:21 pm
The Black Count – Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the real Count of Monte Cristo. If you like adventurous tales or history’s wild men, this book is for you. If you like to read about Byron, if you li...
The Graves are Walking by John Kelly 16 Sep 2012 | 02:52 pm
John Kelly is a person who likes tragedy (lately some writers of the books I’ve reviewed come to my blog so let’s just hope John Kelly won’t come by and be offended!) He likes tragedy, because his pre...
The Twelve Rooms of the Nile by Enid Shomer 9 Sep 2012 | 03:43 pm
Some years ago, there was an internet community where people wrote about their favourite historical pairings. By using Wikipedia, you could find out that, for example, Napoleon Bonaparte and Ludwig vo...
A Menu from the early 19th century 12 Aug 2012 | 02:17 am
A long while ago I wrote a series on Victorian cooking (here, here, here, and here). Many people asked about specific Victorian recipes or dishes, either for a Victorian dinner-party or to bring a fun...
… And the girls who love them 4 Aug 2012 | 11:56 pm
Actually, 19th century men and women weren’t so different from contemporary men and women at all! Just as there were brooding but sexy bad boys, there were girls who couldn’t help falling for them. Wh...
