Paullett Golden

A young lady's debut was life changing, the stepping over the threshold from schoolroom to society, courtship and marriage on the horizon.

The waltz was the most scandalous dance of the Georgian era, but did you know the 20th c waltz is completely different?

This post discusses the techniques and arc of flash fiction writing.

My first protects from wind and my second from earth, while my whole cures boredom of mind. How familiar are you with 18th century charades?

One cannot be both gentleman and scholar. A brief look at university life during the 18th century.

Good golly, Miss Molly! Would it shock you to learn there was a vibrant gay culture in the 18th century?

"Worry not, my lady, for you look irresistible with the sheep's head styling!"

This research section explores the newspapers of the 18th and early 19th century.

Before the quintessential tearoom, we had coffeehouses. You might recall that our hero Sebastian in The Earl and The Enchantress...

Did you know that horses are used for physical therapy, mental health, and rehabilitation?

When herbs were the best available medicine, how did midwives treat patients?

Where might you go if you you needed a smallpox inoculation?

Before hospital births, what was a mother-to-be to do?

Supposing you're destitute after being turned out of the house: where might you go for aid?

Would the hero be seen as effeminate if he played music? Would the heroine be seen as masculine if she played a wind instrument?

Supposing a hero needed a little peace and quiet, could he soundproof his bedchamber?

Would an aristocratic composer be socially accepted? This post explores aristocrats dipping their nibs into music composition.