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JANE AUSTEN'S REGENCY ENGLAND by Marilyn Clay is an in-depth look at the life of the beloved author of Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, Northanger Abbey, Mansfield Park, and others, lived alongside the world-changing events that occurred year-by-year during the time of the English Regency. When Jane was born, George, the Prince of Wales, firstborn son of King George III, was a boy of thirteen, growing up in London with his parents and a houseful...
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The tumult and opulence of England's Regency era burst from the pages in this work of literary nonfiction by acclaimed author Carolly Erickson. When dementia forces King George III to vacate his throne, the kingdom slips into a decade marked with excess, scandal, and riots. King George has suffered bouts of mental instability before, but in 1810 he shows no signs of recovering. Public and government business halts as word of his condition leaks out....
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The two decades after Waterloo marked the great age of foreign fortune hunters in England. Each year brought a new influx of impecunious Continental noblemen to the world's richest country, and the more brides they carried off, the more alarmed society became. The most colourful of these men was Prince Hermann von Pückler-Muskau (1785-1871), remembered today as Germany's finest landscape gardener. In the mid-1820s, however, his efforts to turn his...
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Every young lady dreams of a life spent exchanging witty asides with a dashing Mr. Darcy, but how should you let him know your intentions? Seek counsel from this charming guide to Jane Austen's world. Its step-by-step instructions reveal the practicalities of life in Regency England, including sensible advice on:
**How to behave at your first ball
**How to ride sidesaddle
**How to decline an unwanted marriage proposal
**How to improve your estate
**How...
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At the stroke of midnight...
One minute Grace Lancaster is an overworked event manager organising 2013's New Year's Eve ball... The next she's kissing a rather gorgeous man at the Regency themed party. Everyone's entitled to an out-of-character New Year's kiss, right? Except Jasper Mossman, Earl of Bingham, isn't at a costume party - he's a real-life gentleman from 1813...
And, it seems, kissing a man in Regency London has consequences!
What Grace...
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A chance meeting that could scandalise the ton!
19th century England. Harriet is running for her life, chased by three men on horseback through Hyde Park. Knocked unconscious, everything goes black...
Philip, Baron Eaglestone, has never seen such a beautiful damsel in distress. And he's even more intrigued when she opens her eyes, and begins to speak. Because this irresistible woman can only remember her first name, and has no knowledge as to who...
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Beloved by Regency fans and those who enjoy richly detailed historical romance, the chaotic and captivating Worthington family returns in a delightful new novel from this USA Today bestselling author-ideal for readers of Julia Quinn's Bridgerton series and of Sabrina Jeffries, Eloisa James, and Tessa Dare.
While her older sisters have sought out adventure, Lady Madeline Vivers is content to be the conventional one in the family. A respectable...
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For fans of Bridgerton and all who love sexy, sparkling Regency romance, USA Today bestselling author Ella Quinn presents a delightful new trilogy set in the reader-favorite world of the Worthington family.
Will appeal to fans of Sabrina Jeffries, Eloisa James, and Tessa Dare.
Regency England's beloved extended family, The Worthingtons, returns in the first in a sparkling new spin-off series from Ella Quinn, as three sisters embark on their first...
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Lords of the Armory volume 6
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A princess is drawn into forbidden love in this steamy, danger-filled Regency romance.
11) Longbourn
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The servants in the Bennet household live their lives in Regency England during the Napoleonic Wars. A retelling of Jane Austen's Pride and prejudice from the servants' perspective.
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Widow rules volume 2
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In desperate need of a husband, young widow Constance Lysander, about to give birth to her late husband's child, offers the Earl of Sykeston, a war hero--and her childhood best friend--a marriage of convenience that becomes so much more.
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"Charlotte, now the Countess of Wrexford, would like nothing more than a summer of peace and quiet with her new husband ... But when Wrexford and their two young wards, Raven and Hawk, discover a body floating in Hyde Park's famous lake, that newfound peace looks to be at risk. The late Jeremiah Willis was the engineering genius behind a new design for a top-secret weapon, and the prototype is missing from the Royal Armory's laboratory. Wrexford is...
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Belmore Square volume 1
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"It's 1814 and nineteen year old Eliza Melrose is about to be launched into London's high society-much to her dismay. The last thing she wants is a husband. Eliza's "misplaced" thirst for adventure, knowledge and creativity is a bone of contention for her father, who battles endlessly to keep her curiosity and ambitions in check, for women are not meant to ask questions or give opinions in matters of business. But then she meets the youngest son of...
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Drop dead dukes volume 1
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"One should never judge a duke by his cover. As far as London society knows, Giles Drew, the Duke of Basingstoke, is everything a proper aristocrat ought to be. But when a notorious scandal sheet publishes details of Giles's questionable bedroom antics, only one bride can salvage his reputation. Prim and penniless, Francesca Stanhope has resigned herself to a season full of the ton's snickering--until the Duke of Basingstoke's dizzying courtship transforms...
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Miss Morton mysteries volume 1
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Options for the penniless daughter of a deceased earl are few in Regency England, so following the death of her father, the Earl of Morton, and the discovery that she and her much younger sister have been left without income or home, Lady Caroline takes a post as a lady's companion to the wealthy widow Frogerton. Her aunt, Lady Eleanor Greenwood, invites Caroline and her employer to a house party in the countryside to celebrate her youngest daughter's...
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