Historical Romance Novels
Lord Brett's Curse
Lord Darrel cannot marry the woman he loves. The Scottish curse inherited from his grandfather will rear up and painfully kill him. He decides to marry a whey-faced country spinster. Being married to her might be a bit painful but at least he won't be in any danger of dying.
Lord Brett accidentally ends up in the wrong bedchamber. He wanted to speak with the brother, not the younger sister.
Miss Clara Tanswell is shocked to find the most handsome man in London in her bedchamber.
The Duke of Ashendon has no need to be married. He is unable to have a child. If he did get married, he would marry his widow lover.
Lady Emma Mary Merrick must find a way to save the village vicar's daughter from wedding the most preverted lord in London. After caught in her own trap, she seeks the assistance of a duke.
Lord Trafford is assigned by the King of England to capture a pirate that is robbing the cargo of an English lord. He didn't expect that he would be the one captured
Lady Amelia Reade is willing to do whatever she to rescue her brother. He is imprisoned and in danger of straving to death.
London
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A journey to London seemed to us in those by-gone days as hazardous and darken adventure as could be forced on any man. I mean, of course, a poor man: for to a great nobleman with ever so many outriders, attendants, and retainers, the risk was not so great, unless the highwaymen knew of their coming beforehand, and so combined against them.
Lorne Done by Blackmore, Publish Date: Unknown London Life in the Eighteen Century Published in 1930
Timekeepers
"They were so frequently robbed of them that a watch must have been a very usual possession and one suspects they were an eighteenth century substitute for a savings bank account."
- London Life in the Eighteen Century Published in 1930.
London Men
- London life centered around the tavern, the alehouses, and the club. It was the custom at this time, as it had long been for almost every man who had the means to spend his evening at some public-house or tavern or other place of public entertainment. Almost every public-house had a parlour ... for the better class of customer.
London Life in the Eighteen Century Published in 1930
London Life
- Brasbridge, who set himself up as a silversmith published an account of his life. He divided his time between the tavern-club, the card-parties, and the hunt. He spent some evenings at the Globe Tavern in Fleet street. also belonged to a sixpenny card-club at the Queen's Arms in St. Paul's Churchyard. Cider Cellar in Maiden Lane was famous for its political debates and arguments.
London Life in the Eighteen Century Published in 1930
