In the grand households of Regency England, the staff who operated closest to the family (the butler, housekeeper, valet, and lady's maid) were among the most trusted... but trust never meant equality.

Annulments often seem simple in Regency romances, but this wasn't a get-out-of-marriage-free card during the Georgian era.

Let's explore the languages that Regency ladies and gentlemen were expected to know, from the flirtatious French of Almack's to the dusty Latin of Oxford's halls, and uncover how they used these tongues to navigate their dashing world.