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.

Thursday, 30 January 2014

Why Matilda [or Maud] is sometimes known as Maud [or Matilda]

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  This refers to the confusion often felt by British children learning about the First British Civil War, also known as ‘The Anarchy’ bet...
Sunday, 26 January 2014

A few thoughts on Norman French and its effects on modern English

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I have a Norman French dictionary out of the library.   It’s not a brilliant or extensive dictionary, being a 1978 reprint of the 1779 ...
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Tuesday, 14 January 2014

None so Blind, Regency Romance, is published!

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Lovely but blind Penelope Eltringham’s surprise meeting with the shocking Lord Shawthorpe leads to a misunderstanding that angers bo...
Friday, 10 January 2014

Guest Blog: Astley's Circus, by Mike Rendell

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My regulars know I'm a great fan of Mike Rendell, who first brought to us his 'Diary of a Georgian Gentleman' using the two trun...
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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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