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18th century-style shoe (1920ies, Germany). For naughty feet only!

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Vice Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood: Wisdom will never go out of Fashion

The second part of education is to acquire a competent knowledge how to manage your affairs, whatever they may happen to be; to know how to direct the economy of your house; and to keep exact accounts of every thing which concerns you. Whoever cannot do this must be dependent on somebody else, and those who are dependent on another cannot be perfectly at their ease.

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Maternity gown, ca. 1800, worn by Duchess Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, wife of Frederick William III., King of Prussia, during one of her many pregnancies.

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Uniform coat worn by Frederick II. of Prussia during the Battle of Kunersdorf (today Kunowice) in 1759 (Prussia lost). Remarkably humble, compared with the bling bling sported by his fellow monarchs (I’m looking at you, Louis Quinze…) And the man didn’t just send his soldiers to battle, he risked his own neck as well. See that rip on the left side, below the fourth button? That was a bullet which luckily bounced off the royal snuff box (or so the legend goes).

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18th Century History: Gin Lane Gazette - Support Needed

18thcentury:

The fabulously talented Adrian Teal is working on a project that needs your help. The Gin Lane Gazette is:

a compendium of illustrated ‘best bits’ from a fictional newspaper of the latter 1700s. It will contain some of the most sensational headlines and true stories of the period.

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my18thcenturysource:

“The Macaroni. A real character at the late Masquerade” by Philip Dawe, 1773.

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Freebie! Download my first novel ever - for free!

2012 sees the 5th anniversary of my first book’s publication. While I continue to work on my third novel with glacial speed, here’s a very special freebie as a small “thank you” for your patience:

you can now download “Lieutenant Samuel Blackwood (deceased)” for free, legal and as often as you want!

Download! Read! Share! Spread it all over the internet! As long as you’re not trying to sell it, we’re fine. Not that I’d object if you should decide to buy the print version, of course…

“LIEUTENANT SAMUEL BLACKWOOD (deceased)”
A Georgian Royal Navy Ghost Story

Author: Emma Collingwood
Illustrations: Amandine de Villeneuve
Editors: Timothy T. Tarbottom (Esq.), Alex Beecroft
Genre: original Age of Sail fiction, supernatural themes, adventure, m/m romance
Rating: PG-13

HMS Privet has the reputation of being a cursed ship: every first lieutenant serving aboard her dies gruesomely. Lieutenant Daniel Leigh is determined to solve the mystery and volunteers for the place himself, putting his life in desperate danger. Little does he suspect that he will fall in love with the captain, John Meadows, and end up fighting not only for his own life but for the soul of his lover too.

A Georgian ghost story featuring a cursed ship, a vengeful ghost, a haunted captain and a very daring lieutenant.

DOWNLOAD HERE

Have fun!

(Source: emmacollingwood.co.uk)

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Garrow’s Law axed: The Pox on you, BBC!

I return from the cinema (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - excellent, highly recommended!) to find the news in my mailbox that my beloved Garrow’s Law has been axed.

While I’m aware that the source for this devastating news is The Sun and therefore everything has to be taken with at least four grains of salt, I still have to say

CURSE YOU, BBC!

The BBC1 costume legal drama had four million-plus audiences but channel chief Danny Cohen wants to make more room for “better” shows.

Miserable addle plots! Bracket-faced, gallopping gollumpuses! Gooseberry-eyed crab lanthorns and dandy prats! You should cross the pond at the king’s expense! And if that quote should be correct: may you step barefoot on a lego, Mr. Cohen!

An insider said: “As with Zen and Lark Rise To Candleford, difficult decisions have to be made so Danny can bring in new shows like Call The Midwife. That’s been pulling in over nine million viewers and is BBC1′s most successful drama in at least ten years.”

This is an outrage. I know it’s hard to believe, but some members of the audience can actually cope with more than one quality drama per year. No, really. I’ve managed to enjoy Sherlock, Being Human and Garrow’s Law without my head exploding from quality overload.

I’m very disappointed.

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Movies: “The Curse of The Buxom Strumpet” – The Period Comedy with a Bit more Bite

I come bringing fantabulous movie news!

Nobody here can be surprised that a movie called “The Curse of The Buxom Strumpet” caught my attention. Even less so if you have a look at the synopsis:

Upper Trollop, 1713. An illness takes hold of the villagers turning them into unfeeling creatures who eat anything they can get there hands on. Lord Fortitude must lead the small band of survivors and escape to France.