In writing an historical book/series, one must be knowledgeable of the history of the time period and what it was like to live in a particular period. For me, that is the Regency Era. For this series, I chose the year 1812, when England was again at war with America, as well as the ongoing war with Napoleon on the Continent. It was the year the British Prime Minister was assassinated. With Spencer Perceval’s death, Parliament was dessolved and a new one convened with a maximum 7-year term. George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Bryon gave his first speech in the House of Lords. On 20 March, the Destruction of Stocking Frames, etc. Act 1812 (“Frame-breaking Act”) makes Luddite machine-breakers subject to capital punishment.12 August saw Wellington entering Madrid following the Battle of Salamanca in the Peninsular War. On 19 August in the War of 1812, the USS Constitution defeats the British frigate Guerrière off the coast of Nova Scotia. From 5 October–10 November, a general election was held with the victory being taken by the Tory Party under Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool. And those are just some of the major headlines.

You will notice in books 2 and 3 of this series, there was also a big brouhaha regarding the counterfeiting practices of one William Booth (see my September 8, 2025 post for more information).

The Luddites were a real pain in the posterior for both the Perceval government, which pursued them with great vigor, and the government of Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool. The manner in which much of this was handled comes to light in Percy Shelley’s poem “Queen Mab.” This poem was written early in Shelley’s career and serves as a foundation to his theory of revolution. It was his first major poem. In it, he depicts a two-pronged revolt involving necessary changes, brought on by both nature and the virtuousness of humans.

Shelley took William Godwin’s idea of “necessity” and combined it with his own idea of ever-changing nature, to establish the theory that contemporary societal evils would dissolve naturally in time. This was to be coupled with the creation of a virtuous mentality in people who could envision the ideal goal of a perfect society. The ideal was to be reached incrementally, because Shelley (as a result of Napoleon’s actions in the French Revolution), believed that the perfect society could not be obtained immediately through violent revolution. Instead it was to be achieved through nature’s evolution and ever-greater numbers of people becoming virtuous and imagining a better society.

He set the press and ran 250 copies of this radical and revolutionary tract. Queen Mab is infused with scientific language and naturalising moral prescriptions for an oppressed humanity in an industrialising world. He intended the poem to be private and distributed it among his close friends and acquaintances. About 70 sets of the signatures were bound and distributed personally by Shelley, and the rest were stored at William Clark’s bookshop in London. 

Lyon in Disguise: Lyon’s Den Connected World 

A handsome rake meets his match in a red-headed enchantress who is his enemy!

They may be on different sides of the law, but Lord Navan Beaufort is not going to permit that to stop him from protecting Miss Audrey Moreau. Navan has never thought truly to love anyone, but when he laid eyes on the red-headed beauty, his world shifted. Unfortunately, the lady appears to prefer Lord Alexander Dutton to him, though Navan has rarely had the opportunity to speak to her privately. That is, until he saves her from a fire one miraculous night. From there forward, she is his hope. His future.

Miss Audrey Moreau depends exclusively on her Uncle Jacobi for a home and protection. The man rescued her from a bayman’s plantation in the West Indies when she was five; yet, she well knows the “Marquis of Honfleur’s” schemes. She thought once Jacobi was caught, all would be well, but even from his jail, the man means to rain down harm upon her.

Can two lost souls find happiness together, when everyone in whom they had previously placed their trust have left them alone in the world?

Tropes You’ll Love:

• Enemies to lovers
• Self-declared bachelor
• Friends to lovers
• Adversaries
• Damsel in distress
• Best friend’s sister
• Different worlds/experiences
• Soul mates
• Emotional scars
• Fish out of water

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Enjoy book one in a new series within The Lyon’s Den Connected world by Regina Jeffers.

Book 1 – Lyon in the Way

Book 2 – Lyon’s Obsession

Book 3 – Lyon in Disguise

Book 4 – Lost in the Lyon’s Garden

Book 5 – Lyon on the Inside

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