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...
