Category Archives: real life tales

History of Body Snatching

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Regina Jeffers

Body snatching is the secret disinterment of corpses from graveyards. A common purpose of body snatching, especially in the 19th century, was to sell the corpses for dissection or anatomy lectures in medical schools. Those who practised body snatching were … Continue reading →

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A Regency Era Teaching Hospital

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Regina Jeffers

In THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF MR. DARCY, I spent a great deal of time researching medical practices of the period of which my fictionalized surgeon might be aware, as well as early medical schools students might have attended. I purposely … Continue reading →

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Dorset’s Smugglers’ Tunnel

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Regina Jeffers

In my research for THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF MR. DARCY, I have spent a great deal of time researching all those special “places” in Dorset, which would become part of the setting of this novel. Today, I would like to … Continue reading →

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The OP Riots of 1809

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Regina Jeffers

  The Old Price Riots of 1809 were caused by rising prices at the new Theatre at Covent Garden, London, after the previous one had been destroyed by fire. Covent Garden was one of two “patent” theatres in London in … Continue reading →

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The Star of Israel, Mendoza the Jew

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Regina Jeffers

Daniel Mendoza was the first Jewish prize fighter to become Champion of England from 1792 to 1795. Mendoza stood but 5’7”, but he was a scrapper. Weighing in a 11.5 stone (160 pounds), he was billed as “Mendoza the Jew.” … Continue reading →

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The Magnificent Cheshire Cathedral

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Regina Jeffers

Cathedral is the mother church of the Church of England Diocese of Chester, and is located in the city of Chester, Cheshire, England. The cathedral, formerly St Werburgh’s abbey church of a Benedictine monastery, is dedicated to Christ and the … Continue reading →

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The Haunting of Portland Castle

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Regina Jeffers

Portland Castle is one of the Device Forts, also known as Henrician Castles, built in 1539 by Henry VIII on the Isle of Portland to guard the natural Portland anchorage known as the Portland Roads. The castle lies in the … Continue reading →

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Regency Courtesan: Harriette Wilson

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Regina Jeffers

A celebrated British Regency courtesan, Harriette Wilson was one of fifteen children of a Swiss clockmaker, John James Dubouchet, a Mayfair shopkeeper. She became the mistress of William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven, when she was but fifteen years of … Continue reading →

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The Legend of Castle Eilean Donan, a Scottish Icon

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Regina Jeffers

In the earlier thirteenth century, during the reign of Alexander II  (ruled 1214–1249), a large curtain-wall castle (wall of enciente) was constructed, enclosing much of the island. At this time the area was at the boundary of the Norse-Celtic Lordship of … Continue reading →

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The Fortune Hunter: A German Prince in Regency England, Hermann, Fürst von Pückler-Muskau

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Regina Jeffers

Prince Hermann Ludwig Heinrich von Puckler-Muskau (born as Count Pückler, from 1822 Prince) (30 October 1785 – 4 February 1871) was a German  nobleman, who was an excellent artist in landscape gardening and wrote widely appreciated books, mostly about his travels in Europe … Continue reading →

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