Hello and welcome to Ladysilk.Net, home of my Regency Romance novel A Very Merry Chase and a Regency lover’s resource dedicated to the people, places, literature, fashions, on-dits, language and history generally contemporary to the early 19th century in England and the Regency Romance genre in particular. So why do I say early 19th century history in general and the Regency Romance era in particular…?
Officially, most historians will agree that the dates of Regency Romance Era England extend only from 1811 to 1820 when King George III was deemed unfit to rule by reason of insanity and his son Prince George IV–more familiarly known to all lovers of Regency Romance era novels as Prinny–ruled by proxy as the Prince Regent. However, as I, and most lovers of the Regency Romance era in general will quickly tell you, they don’t really care so much for the formal politics of the era as they do the culture, architecture, literature, fashions, and romanticized societal norms. It is, in fact, the unique culture of the era and the romantic doings of the wealthy classes as most often presented by Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer that draw the Regency aficionado ‘s attention and hold our hearts. Therefore, for these purposes, this most romantic of eras can easily be extended beyond the official dates of the Regency from 1795 when “Prinny” the son of King George III wed Caroline of Brunswick, until–at the very least–his own death as King George IV in 1830 when the crown was passed to his brother Edward IV and even beyond that point until Queen Victoria ascended the British throne in 1837 ushering in a genuine era of change.
Enjoy,
Teresa Thomas Bohannon
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I love your post about the Regency era. It is so true that what makes it a special time is the fact that some of our great poets emerged at that time, Lord Byron, one of the most flamboyant of them all, gave me a great deal of material for my regency novels.
On one of my trips to England we visited his home, and they were kind enough to allow me to peruse his letters behind closed doors at his ancient abbey. Fantastic!
Georgette Heyer is my favorite Regency author and I read and re-read her works. Love them. Thank you for Lady Silk, a wonderful Regency book.
Claudy
What a great memory to have and a wonderful story. Thanks for sharing.
Teresa
Thank you, Teresa, for introducing me to the world of Regency Romances, a new genre to explore! I am in complete admiration for the amount of contextual resource you have included on your fantastic site! Well done. I will come back frequently and look forward to your posts!
And thank you for stopping by. I enjoyed visiting your Pondhopper Blog the other day and playing your Word of the Day challenge game.
Smiles,
Teresa
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Jeanette Huston
Interesting introduction to what looks like a very interesting site. Lok forward to getting to know you via the Historical Fiction Federation.
I love your Regency blog- always full of great information. You did forget to sandwich William IV in between George IV and Victoria above. Not that he was of as much note as either, but he did sit on the throne for a bit.
The Regency is considered such a romantic era, but good old George IV had about the least romantic of all weddings. Poor bride!
Yikes! You’re right I did leave William out.
Love anything Regency.
What an information filled blog. Well done and thank you for all your hard work!