Georgette Heyer Fans discussion

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cu...

For converting money - stopped being updated in 2005. Found by Carol

Pictures of carriages, barouches & phaetons. Found by Leslie.

http://mimimatthews.com/2015/04/26/ph...

That money converter is interesting bec in the book "Forever Amber" (that I have yet to finish), Amber marries an old man who is worth £ 250,000 in the 17 C and soon dies (Lucky Amber), and leaves her £66,000.

These were staggering amounts of money at that time.

More about travel. I found the time taken very interesting. Found by Lori
http://www.jasnachicago.org/jane-aust...

GENERAL INFO AND BY TOPIC
https://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/

VARIOUS TOPICS
http://www.lesleyannemcleod.com/regen...
http://www.regencyassemblypress.com/R...
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~awoodley...
http://candicehern.com/regency-world/
http://twonerdyhistorygirls.blogspot.com
http://nineteenteen.blogspot.com
http://www.janeausten.co.uk

LEXICON
http://thenonesuch.org/lexicon.html
http://www.regencyassemblypress.com/R...

DANCING
http://www.kickery.com/
http://regencydances.org/index.php

WAR OF 1812
http://www.warof1812.ca/
https://twitter.com/#!/Warof1812Live
Georgette Heyer
http://www.georgette-heyer.com/

Thank very much, QNPB!

Fabric glossary
http://sarahs-history-place.blogspot.com

timeline
http://romancereaderatheart.com/regency/

fashion timeline
http://romancereaderatheart.com/regen...

My friend Sue Forge gave me permission to invite you all to her wonderful website ("wonderful" being my word, not hers): The Regency Encyclopedia. You will find it at: www.reg-ency.com. It will ask for a User ID: JAScholar (which is case sensitive) and then this password: Academia. The Regency Encyclopedia is a wealth of information on all aspects of Regency life. The broad categories are Army, Arts & Culture, Childhood, Church, Food & Drink, Homes, [Social] Classes, Criminal Justice, Education, Estate, Fashion, Food & Drink, Homes, Life Events, London, Love & Marriage, Meals, Medical, Men's Fashion, Money, Navy, Politics & Law, Reading Materials [of the Day], Recreation, Servants, Ton, Transportation, Travel, and Vices.(Among the almost 500 separate pages in these categories are Almack's, Vauxhall Gardens, dance lessons, pin money, evening and court dress, snuff, breaking engagements, and vaccinations). And it's fun as well as informative. For instance, there are over 200 fashion plates from the time and five Regency dolls to dress. Only those colors fashionable in the year you choose are offered for each garment and accessory you pick for the doll. The Regency Encyclopedia is a fantastic resource that will greatly enhance your Georgette Heyer experience.

Wow Lori!

That site sounds amazing!

Thanks Lori! And to your friend Sue too :)

Yes, I'll be checking this out for Sure!

I look forward to what you like at The Regency Encyclopedia, Carol, Leslie, Andrea, everyone. DO take a few minutes to dress the dolls. I found it fascinating that certain colors were de rigueur, as GH would say, during different years. Not so different from our day. (I'm thankful that apricot is currently "in.")To get to the doll page, on the Main Page, click on "Fashion Gallery," and after that click on "Visit the Modiste's Shop to design the doll's outfit."

Lori wrote: "I look forward to what you like at The Regency Encyclopedia, Carol, Leslie, Andrea, everyone. DO take a few minutes to dress the dolls. I found it fascinating that certain colors were de rigueur, a..."

I'll have to go back & play with that. I did peek at the list of popular & unpopular names. It was interesting that Heyer used several of the unpopular male names in her books! I was surprised to see how common the name Arabella was...

Leslie wrote: "Lori wrote: "I look forward to what you like at The Regency Encyclopedia, Carol, Leslie, Andrea, everyone. DO take a few minutes to dress the dolls. I found it fascinating that certain colors were ..."

That IS interesting. Interesting that Tristram gets a 2 out of 7 as well.

The Patronesses of Almacks -found by Hana
http://www.janeausten.co.uk/the-patro...

The real life Faro's Daughters-found by Carol
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faro_La...

I have just logged into the Regency website it's fascinating
Someone has put in a lot of work

I have also looked at the real Faros Daughters website
Do you think GH knew of these women and modelled Lady Bellingham on them

Tina wrote: "I have also looked at the real Faros Daughters website
Do you think GH knew of these women and modelled Lady Bellingham on them"

Oh quite definitely! GH always did a lot of research before writing her books. I think Lady B was a kinder,less rapacious version though.

☆ Ｃａｒｏｌ ☆ wrote: "The Patronesses of Almacks -found by Hana
http://www.janeausten.co.uk/the-patro...

The real life Faro's Daughters-found by Carol
https://en.wik..."

I would take the Almack's one with a grain of salt--that list is based solely on the memoirs of Captain Gronow, written multiple decades after 1814 (and containing other misremembered information.) Also the picture listed there as being of Mrs. Drummond-Burrell is not her, but her mother-in-law.

Thanks Marissa - I'll leave the link up, but we will note it is a disputed source.

http://digital.library.upenn.edu/wome...

Harry Smith's autobiography online.

http://www.napoleon-series.org/milita...

I think the whole site is a treasure trove, but I was particularly delighted with the praise of GH & the info about Daniel Cadoux. Both found by Carol

Information about toll-gates. Found by Carol

http://www.georgianindex.net/ldn_toll...

Turnpike trusts. Found by Carol & Tina

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turnpik...

These are excellent links! Thank you, all.

Real life character in A Civil Contact - Mr Coke. Found by Carol.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_...

& if you scroll down there is a picture of him in Regency times!

Another real life character -- though only as a statue -- is Francis Russell, the 5th Duke of Bedford. Mentioned when Adam goes to dinner with the Chawleys in Russell Square.
My mother was a Russell and some of my genealogical research indicates a possible connection through an ancestor who came to America in the 17th c.
Not positive though!

The statue is still there.

Another real life person from A Civil Contract - Dr Croft

Found by Carol

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Ric...

Carol ♔ Typo Queen! ♔ wrote: "Another real life person from A Civil Contract - Dr Croft

Found by Carol

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Ric..."

I had looked up Princess Charlotte before, and I remembered that her doctor, Dr. Croft, had killed himself. I love the way Heyer weaves real people and real events into her stories! Since Gile's birth was long (although with no other complications), what if Jenny had been weakened by the reducing diet he prescribed? So interesting...

Sherwood Smith used that as a plot point in one of her Austen-inspired stories, Jane Fairfax Churchill was the mother suffering at the hands of the doctor, if I recall correctly.

The Poignant Sting--I got that from reading Austen's letters, how they were giving a suffering niece calomel to cure her. Not knowing, of course, that mercury is a poison. Other period letters indicate it being given to pregnant women to help them regain their figures--and no one knew why the mother failed to thrive after the birth. (But I gave Jane a happy ending.)

That was kind of you, and better for the neighborhood to not have Frank Churchill as a widower stirring up the social scene!

I've read a great deal about childbed fever, as well, how simply washing one's hands between patients allowed many more mothers to survive. I am so happy to have had my children in the modern era, though I almost died having my son even with all our knowledge and technology available. There are still aspects of life beyond the total control of modern science, and having a baby is certainly one of them. But it is so much better now.

Yep--I'm another who almost died. Modern science for the win!

It's good to still be here to celebrate Mother's Day with our kids! My Sam put me through so much the nurses said he owed me a trip to Hawaii before he even arrived. ;-)

lol!!!

And I am one whose two children were born with almost unseemly haste -- less than three hours in labor -- without complications. I always feel a bit guilty when i hear or read of the difficulties of others.

Jacquie wrote: "And I am one whose two children were born with almost unseemly haste -- less than three hours in labor -- without complications. I always feel a bit guilty when i hear or read of the difficulties o..."

Wonderful!

My sister's first plopped out on a little grassy hill heading from the parking lot to the hospital. They stitched the rest of them in & as soon as she got into the hospital, snip the stitches, & voilá, baby. My kids were all big, it was like a shrub giving birth to sequoias. My docs thought I had some condition, maybe related to diabetes, that made me have big kids until they met my 6'5" Viking-looking husband, then they would go "ohhh". When I walk with the family, I feel like I am in the midst of a forest.

Kim wrote: "My sister's first plopped out on a little grassy hill heading from the parking lot to the hospital. They stitched the rest of them in & as soon as she got into the hospital, snip the stitches, & vo..."

My boys are 6'4 and 6'5. I've always said that I'm 5'4, but I'm pretty sure I'm barely 5'3 because my daughters really are 5'4 and they're taller. My labor with the first boy was ridiculously long, #2 was only 14 hours, and then along came daughter #1 who was breech (which in these days is an automatic C-section). I kept yelling, "I can do this!" but just about the time I was ready to give up, she decided to cooperate and save me the surgery. We always said she sure had a pretty face, since it wasn't involved in the birth... But #4 was just a couple of hours - she's my favorite, I always tell her.

Aren't labor stories great?!

Karlyne wrote: " Carol ♔ Typo Queen! ♔ wrote: "Another real life person from A Civil Contract - Dr Croft

Found by Carol

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Ric..."

I had looked up Princess Cha..."

I knew that and cringed when he was hired as Jenny's acoucheur. I read about it on Jane Austen's World. The death of Princess Charlotte led to great changed in obstetrics and also the heir race- resulting in Queen Victoria and the direct line to the present royal family.

Another article

OK, after reading this, am never having children.

Link to a beautifully illustrated article on 18th c. printed calicoes designed by Irish artist William Kilburn (1745-1818).

http://b-womeninamericanhistory18.blo...

Jacquie wrote: "Link to a beautifully illustrated article on 18th c. printed calicoes designed by Irish artist William Kilburn (1745-1818).

http://b-womeninamericanhistory18.blo......"

Just had a quick skim & those are lovely!

Jacquie wrote: "Link to a beautifully illustrated article on 18th c. printed calicoes designed by Irish artist William Kilburn (1745-1818).

http://b-womeninamericanhistory18.blo......"

Simply gorgeous - they remind me of Audubon prints!

Jacquie wrote: "Link to a beautifully illustrated article on 18th c. printed calicoes designed by Irish artist William Kilburn (1745-1818).

http://b-womeninamericanhistory18.blo......"

Those prints are gorgeous! Thank you for sharing.

Beautiful prints! I don’t know that I’d want to wear them covering my whole body, though—maybe just for a bodice.

Has anyone ever fancied 'driving to an inch' or 'tandem'? Here's a video of someone doing it, from the driver's point of view: Sandringham Obstacle Course

Quite an exhilarating experience! I would love to have seen the vehicle too.

Jenny wrote: "Has anyone ever fancied 'driving to an inch' or 'tandem'? Here's a video of someone doing it, from the driver's point of view: Sandringham Obstacle Course"

But would the Regency drivers have given voice commands as he did? I imagine they did at least in a competition, which they did have, I expect. Would one have driven random tandem (is that different from "tandem"?) in London or any large town or small one for that matter?

Jacquie wrote: "Quite an exhilarating experience! I would love to have seen the vehicle too." So would I! It was probably a modern vehicle designed especially for such competitions.

Links for pictures of Georgian clothing (both found by Carol)

https://historyofeuropeanfashion.word...

http://world4.eu/louis-xv-rococo-fash...

The second one you have to disable your adblocker to be able to view it.