Author Archives: Regina Jeffers

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About Regina Jeffers

Regina Jeffers is the award-winning author of Austenesque, Regency and historical romantic suspense.

Children’s Meals in the Regency Era

Posted on April 21, 2025 by Regina Jeffers

A reader recently asked of what I knew of children’s meals during the Georgian era. In truth, I have collected a hodgepodge of facts. I will attempt to organize the in some manner, but I fear not to know true … Continue reading →

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Easter Through the Georgian/Regency Era and the Earlier Victorian Era

Posted on April 18, 2025 by Regina Jeffers

One must recall, especially this year when Easter feels like it is so late, that Easter, unlike Christmas which falls on the same date each year, as a “moveable feast,” the date of Easter is determined in each year through a calculation known as computus … Continue reading →

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The Quem Quaeritis Trope, the Roots of Liturgical Drama

Posted on April 16, 2025 by Regina Jeffers

 The first Easter or Quem Quaeritis trope had its beginnings in the Benedictine Abbey of St. Gall, Switzerland. (The script of this first trope and an accompanying translation can be found below.) The Easter trope became the model for similar … Continue reading →

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Proving Oneself the New Peer

Posted on April 14, 2025 by Regina Jeffers

I had a recent question from a reader/writer about how after the death of the current peer was one made the new peer. Was it immediate? Is there a process or some sort of hearing. What must he prove to … Continue reading →

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The Cambridge Five: “We need people who could penetrate into the bourgeois institutions. Penetrate them for us!”

Posted on April 11, 2025 by Regina Jeffers

 If you are a great lover of all things British, as am I, you are likely familiar with the BBC2 mini-series, Cambridge Spies. It starred four of my personal favorites: Toby Stephens, Rupert Penry Jones, Tom Hollander, and Samuel West. … Continue reading →

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What the Heck Is “Abeyance” When Speaking of the English Aristocracy?

Posted on April 9, 2025 by Regina Jeffers

I am back again to ramble on about another issue of inheritance, this one has to do with “abeyance.” Abeyance (from the Old French abeance meaning “gaping”) is a state of expectancy in respect of property, titles or office, when the right to them is … Continue reading →

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Orphans and Orphanages in Late Georgian England

Posted on April 7, 2025 by Regina Jeffers

I had a recent question regarding what I knew about the conditions inside of orphanages during the Regency and Georgian eras. Below is a mash of all the tidbits I had accumulated on the subject. I have attempted to organize … Continue reading →

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Did Heirs to a Title Ever Enter the Commons Before Succeeding? Answering a Reader’s Questions…

Posted on April 4, 2025 by Regina Jeffers

I am again attempting to answer a variety of questions from a reader on peerages. So, here goes… Question: I have a question about politics circa 1812. I am constructing my character development fir a story line, and my hero … Continue reading →

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Who the Heck was the Lord Lieutenant of the County in Regency Times?

Posted on April 2, 2025 by Regina Jeffers

Question from a Reader: Who or what does the term “Lord Lieutenant of the County” mean? Answer: Simply speaking, the Lord-Lieutenant represents His Majesty The King or Her Majesty The Queen in his respective county/shire. They were not just in the … Continue reading →

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Card Playing in the Regency Era

Posted on March 31, 2025 by Regina Jeffers

This post is not about the rules of card games, but rather about the cards themselves. Question from a Reader: I read your Bell, Book, and Wardrobe novel, and I wondered about how one might have cards made up thusly. … Continue reading →

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