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Pauper’s Graves

Posted on January 19, 2026 by Regina Jeffers

In my latest Dragonblade book, Lost in the Lyon’s Garden, I deal with the removal of a loved one of the heroine from a pauper’s grave. What were they? What were the regulations for such burials in the Regency era? … Continue reading →

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Luddites as Marsden Mill ~ Who Were the Luddites?

Posted on January 16, 2026 by Regina Jeffers

Frame breaking from the Penny Magazine, 1844 The Luddite movement plays a part of my Dragonblade Publishing series, with book 4, Lost in the Lyon’s Garden, coming out in mid March. Throughout the series, we have seen Lord Aaran Graham, … Continue reading →

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The Headless Horseman and the House of Dun

Posted on October 31, 2025 by Regina Jeffers

 We have all heard of the Headless Horseman. Surely, you know something of the tale written by Washington Irving in 1820: “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” However, did you realize that the Headless Horseman had been a much used motif … Continue reading →

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What the Heck is “Deodand”?

Posted on October 17, 2025 by Regina Jeffers

“In 1336, a drunken sailor climbed the mast of his ship at anchor in the Thames by means of a rope, presumably part of the rigging. When he tried to descend the same way he fell and died. A coroner’s … Continue reading →

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When You Discover One of Your Great Grandfather’s Has a Town Named After Him

Posted on July 14, 2025 by Regina Jeffers

Welcome to Marlinton, West Virginia. What might you ask would have me writing about a small town in rural West Virginia? Well, the truth of it is I have once again been updating my Ancestry.com files. This town is named … Continue reading →

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“The Spy,” an Edinburg Periodical, and the Upcoming Release of “Lyon in the Way” from Dragonblade Publishers

Posted on May 28, 2025 by Regina Jeffers

In my upcoming book from Dragonblade Publishers, Lyon in the Way, my hero, Lord Richard Orson, has a memory of a popular periodical that had recently stopped publishing, while he is in the midst of following a suspicious man in … Continue reading →

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Could an Earldom Pass Through the Female Line?

Posted on May 2, 2025 by Regina Jeffers

Question from a Reader: Could an earldom pass through the female line? Let us say an earl dies and he has no living sons remaining and there are no grandsons, could the earldom pass to his eldest daughter? Answer: Could … Continue reading →

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Were There Any Requirements for Those of Age to Elope to France?

Posted on April 25, 2025 by Regina Jeffers

Question from a Reader/Author: Is there any other reasons besides age when a couple was considering elopement during the Regency Era? I mean, if they were both twenty-one or older, were there other restrictions? Would they still require a parent’s … 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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Examining the Character of John Willoughby in Jane Austen’s “Sense and Sensibility”

Posted on March 28, 2025 by Regina Jeffers

John Willoughby is one of Dashwood family’s country neighbors in Devon in Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility, but what do we know of the character. He and Sir John Middleton serve as bookends in the country society.  Willoughby literally sweeps Marianne … Continue reading →

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