A blog of three romantic fiction authors: Elizabeth Hanbury, Georgia Hill and Jenna Dawlish
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 29th, 2010
As a fan of Georgette Heyer since my teens, yours truly was delighted to be asked to take part in a month-long celebration of her work over at Laurel Ann’s fantastic blog, Austenprose.com. The event coincides with Heyer’s birthday on 16th August and will feature thirty-four book reviews of her romance novels, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 10th, 2010
With Midsummer Eve just days away, E-Scape Press interviewed Elizabeth Hanbury about her collection of Regency short stories set on this magical night….
You normally write novels, what inspired you to write a collection of short stories?
I’ve always loved reading short stories so it was a natural progression to write them. Midsummer Eve at [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 20th, 2010
Ever heard of one of these? There’s one at Hanbury Hall in Worcestershire which I visited again recently. ‘My’ house *g*. If only! As I type this, I realise I’m not certain where to put the apostrophe in snobs tunnel (should it be snob’s or snobs’? I’m guessing [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 16th, 2010
Well readers, this country mouse went up to the Big Smoke to attend the Romantic Novelists’ Association Summer Party to hear the winner of the Joan Hessayon New Writers’ Award announced. Sad to report that it wasn’t me but very glad to say it went to Lucy King for her book Bought: Damsel in Distress. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 24th, 2010
In 1805, Admiral Nelson and his fleet of 27 ships went into action against the combined French and Spanish forces with the famous signal: ‘England expects that every man will do his duty’. Amid the blood and gore of the ensuing battle, Nelson and every other British sailor surely never expected to encounter a woman. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 21st, 2009
There’s a final opportunity tomorrow to see how Christmas would have been celebrated during the late Georgian period at Attingham Park. I visited the Georgian Christmas Celebration there last Sunday and enjoyed a fabulous afternoon, touring the candlelit rooms and finding out more about Georgian Christmas customs…
Christmas Trees
Christmas trees are often thought to have been [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 14th, 2009
I needed a catchy title for this blog post and a homage to V for Vendetta (great film!) fitted the bill perfectly. Or maybe I should have coined, in true V fashion, ‘Voila! Voluptuous voice to vocalise Venetia!’
Enough of the alliteration for the moment, let’s get down to the news – the fabulous news -that [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 2nd, 2009
Autumn heralds the new season of TV and radio productions and there are two I’m currently enjoying: A History of Private Life on BBC Radio and Garrow’s Law: Tales from the Old Bailey on BBC TV.
Professor Amanda Vickery (the historian and award-winning author of The Gentleman’s Daughter: Women’s Lives in Georgian England) writes and presents [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 23rd, 2009
…it might have been this one.
I blogged about this book earlier in the year and thought I’d highlight it again now that it’s available and I’ve ordered it – eek! I have NO willpower where books are concerned :-0 Anyway, back to the book … A New System of Domestic Cookery by Mrs Rundell has [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 16th, 2009
Carrying on from the theme of my last blogpost on the darker side of London, my copy of The Secret History of Georgian London arrived this week. As always, Dan Cruickshank’s latest is a riveting read. The full title is The Secret History of Georgian London – how the wages of sin shaped the [...]