Category: Top Posts

Top Blog Post: My Carriage Awaits… Maybe

Vanessa here, writing with tongue in cheek about Regency transportation.

News of the heroine’s abduction has made its way to the hero. With a quick prayer for strength, he yanks on his tailcoat and readies to chase after the villain and reclaim the lass. How will the hero get to his sweetheart in time? It all depends upon the hero’s fortune and location.

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http://christianregency.com/blog/2012/03/12/my-carriage-awaits-maybe/

Originally posted 2014-01-02 10:00:00.

Top Blog Post: Mourning in the Regency

Here’s one of our top posts:

Earlier this month, Susan shared with us some sobering statistics about death during England’s Regency period. According to her May 4th post, the average life expectancy in England in the early 1800s was about 40 years, and the infant mortality rate was around 15%.

The people of the Regency had very specific “rules” on how to deal with and display grief over losing a loved one. Though not as strict as the mourning customs that would later develop in the Victorian period, Regency mourning conventions were complex. Let’s take a look at  some of the key characteristics of mourning during the Regency.

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http://christianregency.com/blog/2012/05/16/mourning-in-the-regency-period/

Originally posted 2013-12-30 10:00:00.

Top Blog Post: Real-life Romance and How to Keep It Alive

Here is our top post. Learn about Romance:

Hi everyone, Naomi here today, talking about real-life love, and ready to have some fun with it!

So often in romance novels, especially Regency romances, a couple is thrust together and sometimes even forced to marry due to circumstances beyond their control. In fact, I’m finishing a novel now where indeed, the hero and heroine are caught together in an unbecoming manner, and you guessed it: there’s wedding bells ringing by halfway through the story. It doesn’t matter that they’re not in love and didn’t want to marry, by the end of the book they’ll be head-over-heels for one another.

Read the Rest at:
http://christianregency.com/blog/2012/06/22/real-life-romance-and-how-to-keep-it-alive/

Originally posted 2013-12-26 10:00:00.