Paullett Golden

This post explores visiting card and social calling etiquette.

How do you take your tea? Seriously. Tea became an important cultural element in the 18th century.

What might a hero's cologne have smelled like during the Georgian Era? Were perfumes subtle or overpowering? Let's talk about perfume!

Splish Splash, We're Takin' A Bath! Let's talk bathing, teeth cleaning, and body hair in the Georgian Era.

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

Should a gentleman invite me for a row on the lake, I shall reply with an enthusiastic, albeit respectable, affirmative.

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

Writing was a popular pastime in the 18th century, not only for novels but also for journals and letters.

For this research discussion, I'd like to focus on celebrating Black lives in the late 18th and early 19th century England.

What might happen if the hero met the heroine after engaging himself to another woman?

The topic for this research interest section is special licenses to marriage, something we read quite often in historical romance novels.

How might we determine at a soiree if a lady is truly accomplished?

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