Serena Dyer’s Millinery Masterpiece, A Review
Category Archives: Histories, Biographies and Non-Fiction
Bergère, Poke and Cottage: Early 19th Century Headwear
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The Jane Austen Guide to Happily Ever After: A Review
Is happiness in marriage entirely a matter of chance? Elizabeth Kantor takes on the question…
Mrs. Hurst Dancing
a review by author Cari Hislop
Why We Read Jane Austen
A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen
Review By Arti of Ripple Effects
Perdita: The Literary, Theatrical, Scandalous Life of Mary Robinson by Paula Byrne
For those who enjoy the Regency period and life of George IV, this is one of the most perfect books to introduce you into the famous lives of the period. Mary Robinson’s was a brief, intense and fascinating life which pushed the established mores to their limits. The Prince of Wales (later to be George [...]
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Medically Speaking
The Cambridge Illustrated History of Medicine by Roy Porter I decided, given the variation in literature available, to read and review three books on medicine by Roy Porter at once. They are this one, The Cambridge Illustrated History: Medicine, as well as The Greatest Benefit of Mankind and Gout, the Patrician Maladay. I thought this [...]
A Jane Austen Education
Reviewed By Arti of Ripple Effects
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Fashion in the Time of Jane Austen
A review of Sarah Jane Downing’s history of fashion
by Vic Sanborn
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Dear Jane Austen: A Heroine’s Guide to Life and Love
When we reviewed Jane Austen’s Guide to Dating a while back, we remarked that reading the advice contained therein was like receiving a letter full of good advice from Aunt Jane. In Dear Jane Austen: A Heroine’s Guide to Life and Love, Patrice Hannon has gone one better and provided exactly that: a series of [...]
Jane Austen’s Sewing Box
Jane Austen’s Sewing Box: Craft Projects & Stories from Jane Austen’s Novels by Jennifer Forest This is a lovely, sumptuous book. When it first arrived, I did a quick skim – it is filled with photographs, decorated papers, fashion plates, quotes from Austen, and a good number of handiwork projects – hmmm, I thought, maybe [...]
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