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Gretna, Lancaster & Lyme: Landmarks of a Real-Life Elopement

Good morning. Would you like to come on another virtual trip with me? It starts in Liverpool, at a boarding school for young ladies of good fortune, and finishes at Pemberley, which is no surprise. All the stories I’d like to share with you finish at Pemberley. But this time the heroine is not Elizabeth. …

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Coming soon, Macaroons!

Good morning, and I hope you’re safe and well. Thanks for stopping by for a chat. You bring your tea or your coffee, and I’ll bring the snacks. Virtual ones, but hey, what can we do? A while ago, I was searching through Regency cookbooks for some nibbles that could feature in a scene in …

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A Most Respectable Elopement – Chapter Twenty

“What say you, Miss Lydia, shan’t we have such decorous items in our own home one day?”

Jane Austen’s Advent – Day 21 – A Most Respectable Elopement – With bonus Christmas Recipes!

“What say you, Miss Lydia, shan’t we have such decorous items in our own home one day?”

Jane Austen’s Advent – Day 14 – A Most Respectable Elopement – Chapter Seventeen

George Wickham and Lydia Bennet are safely billeted in the home of the notorious Mrs Younge – but for how long? Because Lydia and Wickham’s courtship seem be a puzzle in itself, you can click on any of the images in this week’s chapter and enjoy a little L and W picture puzzle too! Catch …

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A Most Respectable Elopement: Part Sixteen

Lydia Bennet has spent a whole night beside a very naked George Wickham. Sadly for both, brandy and Wickham’s bruises put paid to any less than noble intentions and what should have been an evening of scandal has instead been an evening of slumber. Now it is the morning after, and London is within their …

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A Most Respectable Elopement: Part Fifteen

Lydia Bennet and George Wickham have reached the safety of their lodgings for the night, but in what condition? Our dear Wickham is somewhat the worse for wear, but Lydia is ready and willing to see that he is well cared for. How will our oft-maligned couple spend their night? Catch up on previous adventures …

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A Most Respectable Elopement: Part Fourteen

Lydia Bennet and George Wickham have escaped a villain on the road by the skin of their teeth and the strength of Lydia’s cunning. Yet who was the man and why was he so intent on doing harm to the erstwhile Mr Wickham? Catch up on previous adventures here: One, Two,  Three, Four, Five, Six, …

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A Most Respectable Elopement: Part Twelve

Our eloping couple are on the road once more, but what new surprises await for Lydia Bennet and George Wickham? -Catherine Curzon and Nicole Clarkston Catch up on previous adventures here: Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, Part Five, Part Six, Part Seven, Part Eight, Part Nine, Part Ten, Part Eleven. “My dear …

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A Most Respectable Elopement: Part Eleven

It is the morning after… but after what? It seems that Miss Lydia has learned from the best when it comes to beguiling. Though head over heels in love with her soldier, she is  not quite through teaching George Wickham that she is not a lady to underestimate. Find out what our daring couple is …

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