Category Archives: British history

Traitor Tuesday ~ Celebrating 250 Years of the United States as a Separate Nation: Button Gwinnett, A Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Who Died in a Duel

Posted on July 28, 2026 by Regina Jeffers

Button Gwinnett was a Gloucester, England, born signer of the Declaration of Independence. At the time of the American Revolution he was a 41 years old merchant and plantation owner. He was the father of three. Tragically, he died before … Continue reading →

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24 July 1817: The Burial of Jane Austen at Winchester Cathedral, a Guest Post from Collins Hemingway

Posted on July 24, 2026 by Regina Jeffers

 Today, I have chosen to repeat one of Collins Hemingway’s beautiful pieces speaking to the burial of Jane Austen at Winchester Cathedral.  July 18, 2017, marked the 200th anniversary of the death of Jane Austen. With that date, the official … Continue reading →

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Common Themes in Several Stories

Posted on July 22, 2026 by Regina Jeffers

Back in January 2021, I released my Austenesque novel, The Mistress of Rosings Park. In that story, draper’s shops play a strategic role. In one of my latest novels from Dragonblade Publishing [book 4 of 5 in the Lyon’s Den … Continue reading →

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Traitor Tuesday ~ Celebrating 250 Years of the United States as a Separate Nation: Samuel Huntington, Signer of the Declaration of Independence and First President of the United States

Posted on July 21, 2026 by Regina Jeffers

Samuel Huntington was a 45 years of age when he signed the Declaration of Independence. He was a lawyer by trade and the father of two. He died in 1796 at the age of 64.  Born on 3 July 1731, … Continue reading →

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Traitor Tuesday ~ Celebrating 250 Years of the United States as a Separate Nation: Thomas Heyward, Jr., Patriotic Songwriter and Signer of the Declaration of Independence

Posted on July 14, 2026 by Regina Jeffers

Heyward was a 30 years old plantation owner from South Carolina when he called upon to sign the Declaration of Independence. Married twice and the father of 8 children, Heyward lived until the age of 62, dying in 1809. Thomas … Continue reading →

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Celebrating the ReRelease of Vampire Darcy’s Desire with a New Title and Updated Story, Mixing Austen with Vampiric Legends

Posted on July 13, 2026 by Regina Jeffers

On August 26, I will celebrate the rerelease of my vampiric version of Pride and Prejudice, Vampire Darcy’s Desire under a new title, Midnight at Pemberley. I wrote the original book in 2010. Ulysses Press has repurchased the rights to … Continue reading →

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Dr. Benjamin Rush and Multiple Personalities

Posted on July 8, 2026 by Regina Jeffers

In book 5, Lyon on the Inside, of my romantic suspense series from Dragonblade Publishing, we have learned of the reasons why Lord Macedonald Duncan and his sons thought they were chasing a man, but . . . Do you … Continue reading →

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Traitor Tuesday ~ Celebrating 250 Years of the United States as a Separate Nation: Elbridge Gerry, Signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Source of the Word “Gerrymandering”

Posted on July 7, 2026 by Regina Jeffers

It is the duty of every man, though he may have but one day to live, to devote that day to the good of his country. —Elbridge Gerry Elbridge Gerry was born on July 17, 1744 in Marblehead, Massachusetts, the … Continue reading →

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Question from a Reader: All Things Dealing with Debtor’s Prison During the Regency Era

Posted on July 6, 2026 by Regina Jeffers

QUESTION: I am writing about a widow whose husband was reckless with money and left her with nothing when he died. She lives in a small village. If she has incurred debts to tradesmen, etc., and cannot pay, what danger/threat does she face? I … Continue reading →

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Mary Reynolds, One of the First Recorded Incidents of Multiple Personalities

Posted on July 3, 2026 by Regina Jeffers

Mary Reynolds (1785–1854) was a 19th-century Pennsylvania woman considered the first, and perhaps most famous, American case of multiple personality disorder (now Dissociative Identity Disorder). Beginning in 1811, she experienced profound, alternating shifts between a melancholy, quiet personality and a … Continue reading →

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