Regency Ramble

Here we have another of our advertisements, this one from the May edition of Ackermann's Repository.  The numbers refer to the numbe...

Evening Gown This is pretty, though garnet yewer is not something I am familiar with. Pink satin frock, richly ornamented round the ...

It has been a while since I posted anything on this topic, but I thought these pictures might entertain as well as inform. A wild bramb...

Thomas Weld owned Lulworth during the early part of the long Regency.  In addition to renovating the house and the chapel, he is known fo...

I have long been an admirer of Kathryn Kane as a writer and a meticulous researcher. Her generosity in sharing the fruits of her labour are ...

If you want to add a little spice to your regency reading, how about a bit of magic, or time travel, or perhaps a sexy vampire. Look no furt...

Coming Soon Book 5 in the Series, A Most Peculiar Season ; Lady Sybil's Vampire an e-book is on sale at e-tailers now: In Regency ...

Walking Dress  May 1815 From Ackermann's Depository This outfit really makes me think of spring, the casual pelisse over the gown,...

For the very first time, Regency Ramble is welcoming a guest author, Susana Ellis. Since we are in the run up to the 200th anniversary of t...

 As we finish up our tour of the castle, and I thought you might enjoy this view which seems to show it as it would have been before the f...

Morning Gown Ackermann's April 1815 I loved the addition of the parrot to this picture. And the description contains a word that ju...

One of the interesting things about Lullworth is its connection to the Prince of Wales. A slight tenuous it is true. The Welds, the owne...

What does the Spring of 1815 have in store for us. We know that Napoleon having left Elba has established himself in Paris, but what were th...

We continue our tour.  To give you a feel for the house in its grandeur, here is the door out to the park This picture shows the gra...

 From Ackermann's for March 1815 we have this lovely gown and spencer described as follows: MORNING DRESS.        A petticoat of fi...

It is always fascinating to poke around in someone's home, even if those people are long gone.  This was the saloon in the Regency. Orig...

Once a country house in a vast estate, Lullworth Castle is now this. The castle was destroyed by fire in 1929 and is now an empty shel...

Walking Dress, Ackermann's March 1815 All set for windy weather, though I do wonder how the bonnet will fare. Here is the offici...

Celebrating Historical Romantic Suspense. Contgratulations to Pam, she won a copy of Captured Countess from me and Darcy Burke's the de ...

Evening Dress from Ackermann's Repository February 1815 My first thought when I saw this was "sumptuous".  I love this. I h...