Q&A with Erastes discussion

At balls attended by the peerage, are there separate rooms with card games/casino or rooms for men to escape the ladies *g*? I should add, my story is set in 1811.

Sorry, Sue--I missed this somehow, the notifications from GR can be a little patchy.

Yes, I'm pretty sure that Austen has some of her men disappearing off into little side rooms to gamble, Almacks was primarily a gambling house, but people came to dance too.

Hi Erastes,

I am trying to find out a couple of bits of information about Almack's but the info is rather sketchy up to 1814.

My story is set in 1811. At that point Almack's was open 6 times a year, but I can't find out during what period or the dates.

Any idea of a good archive please?

I've had a look this morning and couldn't really find out much -- I didn't know it was that limited--I thought it was a weekly dance, to be honest.

My rule-of-thumb is that if you are finding the information difficult to find, then no one is really going to moan about it too much.

You could join the historical novel society yahoo group and ask them? There is a huge knowledge base there.

Or the livejournal group "little details"?

Sorry I wasn't of more help, seriously I didn't know that it wasn't weekly!

It was after 1814. I might just have to move my story to make it easier.

Thanks anyway. Have a good day.

If you can move it without spoiling the plot, that might be best! Good luck and looking forward to reading it!