by Kate Dolan | Apr 4, 2026 | 19th Century America, Faith, Holidays, Regency
I’ve written four short novels and tons of blogs that center on Christmas traditions in Regency England, but I never even considered what Easter might have been like. What were Jane Austen and her contemporaries doing to celebrate the holiday? I was pretty sure she...
by Kate Dolan | Sep 17, 2024 | 19th Century America, Colonial America, Latest Posts, Living History, Regency
When we hear the word “hunting,” most people in the U.S. picture a guy in camo gear stalking the woods or marshes with a rifle. But in some of the earlier eras I like to write about, hunting is a fashionable exercise for the upper classes and it does not involve...
by Kate Dolan | Sep 27, 2023 | 19th Century America, Regency, Roaring Twenties
At some point while I was kid, I developed the idea that teenagers lived in some type of nirvana. It was a world where you had freedom and mobility—cruising in cars and staying up late—but without the crushing load of responsibilities that made adults so boring. I got...
by Kate Dolan | Aug 31, 2023 | 19th Century America, Regency
I’m not sure there’s any point to speculating as to why Regency England is such a popular subject for modern Americans. Suffice it to say that I, like so many others, know far more about what life was like in London during the Regency period than I do about what life...
by Kate Dolan | Jul 31, 2023 | 19th Century America, Colonial America, Kate Dolan, Latest Posts, Living History, Regency
When representatives of the British colonies signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776, Benjamin Franklin is reported to have joked “we must all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately.” But despite the humor, the threat was real. Signing...
by Kate Dolan | Sep 24, 2022 | Latest Posts, Living History, Regency
The recent funeral of Queen Elizabeth II broke with a 300-year-old British tradition started by George III. His predecessor and grandfather, George II had a large and public funeral at Westminster Abbey in 1760. That would be the last time the 11th Century icon hosted...
