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​References


These are some excellent book references that I’ve used while researching for my novels:

  • "Romance Readers Guide to Historic London" by Sonja Rouillard, forward by Sabrina Jeffries
  • "The Writer's Guide to Everyday life in Regency and Victorian England from 1811-1901" by Kristine hughes
  • "Black London, Life before Emancipation" - by Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina​
  • “Georgette Heyer’s Regency World” - by Jennifer Kloester
  • “Colonial Fashion of the Georgian Era” - Edited by SB Jeffrey from High Quality Wikipedia Articles
  • “An Elegant Madness - High Society in Regency England” - By Venetia Murray
  • The Mammoth Book of “Soldiers at War” - Firsthand accounts of warfare from the age of Napoleon - Edited by Jon E. Lewis
  • “The First Total War” - By David A. Bell
  • “Georgian Jewellery 1714-1830” - By Ginny Redington Dawes with Olivia Collings
  • "HMS Trincomalee 1817 Frigate" - By Wyn Davies and Max Mudie
  • "British Frigate vs French Frigate" 1793-1814 - By Mark Lardas
  • "The Emotional Wound Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Psychological Trauma" - By Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi
  • "The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression" - by Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi
  • "Naughty Words For Nice Writers, A Romance Novel Thesaurus" - by Cara Bristol
  • "Georgian & Regency Houses Explained" - by Trevor Yorke
  • "Fanny Hill, or, Memoires of a Woman of Pleasure" - by John Cleland
  • "Invisible Agents" - by Nadine Akkerman
  • (Not a Regency reference, but a good book for readers/writers of Victorian fiction) "Unmentionable, The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners" - by Therese Oneill
  • "Walking Jane Austen's London, A Tour Guide for the Modern Traveller" - by Louise Allen



These are some links to resources I’ve used while researching for my novels:


The Regency:

  • Jane Austen’s World: http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/
  • Regency Library.com: http://www.regencylibrary.com/Content.htm
  • British Regency - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Regency

Clothing & Accessories:

  • Regency Shopping: It's a Man's World: http://hibiscus-sinensis.com/regency/tailors.htm
  • 1795-1820 in Fashion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1795–1820_in_fashion
  • Regency Fashion Glossary - http://romancereaderatheart2.com/regency/timeline/index.html
  • Jean McClelland: Cut-Steel Jewelry Flourished in Georgian Period: http://www.herald-dispatch.com/features_entertainment/jean-mcclelland-cut-steel-jewelry-flourished-in-georgian-period/article_d873e21a-0ef1-5e3a-801d-2cdac492b730.html
  • ​Regency Fragrances - http://historicalhussies.blogspot.com/2011/04/regency-fragrancesand-what-does-she.html​
  • Pirate and Privateer Clothing - General History - Introduction -  http://bbprivateer.ca/?q=book/export/html/7

Historic London (Geography, Firefighting, Smugglers, Theatre, etc.):

  • Map of London, 1817: https://mapco.net/darton1817/darton08.htm
  • History of Fire Fighting: https://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/tag/history-of-fire-fighting/
  • Seven Dials, London: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Dials,_London
  • St. Giles, London: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Giles,_London
  • Theatre Royal/Drury Lane: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre_Royal,_Drury_Lane
  • 9 Maps That Reveal London's Secret History: http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/09/world/gallery/london-maps/index.html?hpt=hp_c4
  • London's Lost Streets: Brothels, Taverns, and Dick Whittington: https://thestreetnames.wordpress.com/2015/04/16/londons-lost-streets-brothels-taverns-and-dick-whittington/
  • Regency History: Regency History's Guide to Alack's Assembly Rooms: http://www.regencyhistory.net/2011/10/almacks-assemby-rooms.html
  • Bow Street Runners: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_Street_Runners
  • Georgian Britain: The British Library: http://www.bl.uk/georgian-britain
  • The Menagerie in the Regency (era): https://vanessariley.com/blog/2013/03/27/lions-tigers-and-bears-oh-my-the-menagerie-in-the-regency/
  • The London Particular ("Pea Soup Fog"/"Black Fog"/"Killer Fog"/"London Fog"): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pea_soup_fog

Doctoring:

  • Herbal Medicine Used in the Regency Period: https://reginajeffers.blog/2016/01/27/research-and-getting-it-right-herbal-medicine-used-in-regency-period/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=postplanner&utm_source=facebook.com
  • Doctors in the Regency Era: http://thebeaumonde.com/doctors-in-the-regency-by-alicia-rasley/
  • ​The History of CPR: http://cpr.heart.org/AHAECC/CPRAndECC/AboutCPRFirstAid/HistoryofCPR/UCM_475751_History-of-CPR.jsp
  • The Georgian and Regency Home Medicine Kit: https://penandpension.com/2016/11/09/the-georgian-and-regency-home-medicine-chest/?fbclid=IwAR04kniP4zxzGeMlcnyX9PkEjSyoRQVrKCW4jT3BO3N_rMbSneytd0fvA0o

Food:

  • Regency Recipes - Jane Austen Centre: https://janeausten.co.uk/blogs/desserts, or: https://janeausten.co.uk/blogs/main-dishes, or: https://janeausten.co.uk/blogs/snacks-and-sides
  • Georgians/Regency - Food Facts - History Cookbook: http://cookit.e2bn.org/historycookbook/34-344-georgians-regency-Food-facts.html
  • British Herbs: http://www.bhta.org.uk

The War/Army/Navy:

  • "Guns" of the Regency Era: https://regencyfictionwriters.org/the-flintlock-the-pistol-and-the-shotgun-of-the-regency-by-donna-hatch
  • Timeline of the Napoleonic era - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Napoleonic_era
  • Ranks - British Army Website: http://www.army.mod.uk/structure/23155.aspx

Sailing:

  • Brethren of the Coast: Sea Shanties and Sea Songs: http://brethrencoast.com/Sea_Shanties.html
  • The Pirate King: History of Sea Shanties: http://www.thepirateking.com/music/shanty_types.htm
  • Shady Isle Pirate Society: Sea Song and Chanty History: http://bbprivateer.ca/?q=shanty
  • UK Magic - Traditional Folk Songs Christmas Songs and Hymns: Traditional Songs from England: http://www.ukmagic.co.uk/songs_england.htm
  • Folk Music of England: http://www.contemplator.com/england/

Music:

  • Eighteenth Century English Music: http://rslade.co.uk
  • Brethren of the Coast: Sea Shanties and Sea Songs: http://brethrencoast.com/Sea_Shanties.html
  • The Pirate King: History of Sea Shanties: http://www.thepirateking.com/music/shanty_types.htm
  • Shady Isle Pirate Society: Sea Song and Chanty History: http://bbprivateer.ca/?q=shanty
  • UK Magic - Traditional Folk Songs Christmas Songs and Hymns: Traditional Songs from England: http://www.ukmagic.co.uk/songs_england.htm
  • Folk Music of England: http://www.contemplator.com/england/

Hobbies (Botany, Fencing, etc.):

  • County Flowers of the United Kingdom: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_flowers_of_the_United_Kingdom
  • Fencing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fencing
  • Playing Cards in Jane Austen's England: https://reginajeffers.blog/2020/08/24/playing-cards-in-jane-austens-england-pleasant-pastime-as-well-as-gambling/

In The Home (and On The Streets):

  • Personal Hygiene: https://sharonlathanauthor.com/regency-era-personal-hygiene/
    • ​Soap in the Regency: https://regencyredingote.wordpress.com/2010/04/23/soap-in-the-regency-bar-or-barrel/
  • Lady's Maid and Her Duties in the Georgian and Regency Era: http://www.geriwalton.com/index.php/2014/09/ladys-maid-and-her-duties-in-georgian/
  • A Flask of Regency Liquor: http://wordwenches.typepad.com/word_wenches/2012/05/flask-of-regency-liquor.html
  • Transportation in the 19th Century: http://www.literary-liaisons.com/article033.html

Spying:

  • Cryptography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptography
  • Secrets and Scandal: 5 Super Spies in the Georgian Era: http://www.whizzpast.com/secrets-scandal-5-super-spies-georgian-era/

Other: 

  • Smuggler's Britain: http://www.smuggling.co.uk/history.html
  • Glossary of Scottish Slang: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary_of_Scottish_slang_and_jargon
  • ​Shakespeare Lives in Science: Poisons, Potions, and Drugs: https://www.shakespearelives.org/poisons-potions/
  • (Not a Regency-era reference, but one gratefully provided by some young writers) Fashion and Courtship in The Victorian Era: http://www.fragrancex.com/fragrance-information/fashion-and-courtship-in-the-victorian-era.html
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