Tag Archives: Pride and Prejudice

How Did You Get Hooked? The Origins of Our Addiction (to Historical Romance)

by Gail Eastwood Posted on November 7, 2014

  How did you fall in love with historical romance stories, as a genre? Last weekend’s “Fall Back in Time” campaign had a lovely nostalgic twist to it when people posted photos of beloved old historical romances that set them … Continue reading →

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Pride and Prejudice – A Victorian Soap Opera???

by diane Posted on September 16, 2013

I’m continuing Myretta’s Jane Austen theme today. The Christian Science Monitor just published an article on the 200th anniversary of Pride and Prejudice, coinciding with Bath’s annual Jane Austen Festival. The title of the article is “Victorian-era soap opera turns … Continue reading →

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Love Al Fresco and Giveaway!

by Elena Greene Posted on September 24, 2011

Like many other historical romance authors, I have a fondness for outdoor love scenes and put one in my new Regency novella, LADY EM’S INDISCRETION. Maybe real Regency folk didn’t spend as much time cavorting around gardens as the fictional … Continue reading →

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