Renaissance and Regency Rummage Repository

A rummage through random aspects of the past that interest me and may be of use or interest to other readers and writers of period fiction. Please note that the stories featured and my artwork for the covers are copyright; and have the courtesy to ask permission if you wish to use anything that is mine, and duly acknowledge it if you do.

Friday, 27 September 2013

Review: 'The Fencing Master's Daughter' by Giselle Marks

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I admit I have a vested interest in this book as I did do the artwork for the cover. I originally did it in midnight blue, but Giselle pref...

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Friday, 13 September 2013

Friday 13th Lucky for some! Friends and Fortunes published!

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So it's here at last, Friends and Fortunes, inspired by Georgette Heyer, and whilst nobody can aspire to her ability, I hope it's ...

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Monday, 19 August 2013

Renaissance Darwin Award

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So I was browsing the Medieval manuscripts blog [as you do] and I came across this AWESOME Renaissance Darwin award entry. Miniature of a...

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Thursday, 15 August 2013

The Pedestrian Curricle, or Hobby Horse

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My first introduction to this forerunner of the bicycle was in the local museum, Christchurch Mansion, in Ipswich, which has been beautifull...

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Sarah: Well, let me see, I'm a bibliophile, Ailurophile, technophobe and practising to be a grumpy old woman. I get irritated by glaring anachronisms in fiction, and I love to read a well researched book. I live in East Anglia in England, and I love the history that surrounds me there. My major field of interest is in textiles; I also sew.

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