The new film of Pride and Prejudice is controversial in terms of women's dress, but the men fare better. This is perhaps because men...

Director Joe Wright broke with tradition when he dressed the Pride and Prejudice characters in a mixture of styles by setting the film in 17...

Love's Measure is my current book, published last April. It is to be an audiobook in January 2006 and later in that year will go to larg...

We are very sorry to have to tell you that Pam has died. Pam was a huge supporter of the Regency romance. Through her work with the Romantic...

Reading about Fenella's book launch for The Unconventional Miss Walters reminded me of the party I had at the launch of The Lady Soldie...

On 30th October I opened my home to 75 assorted friends and family for the launch of my first book. I woke up feeling sick and wished I coul...

It was a special moment seeing The Unconventional Miss Walters in a bookshop where strangers might actually buy it! When I went into Waterst...

then try Harstairs House by Amanda Grange It's set on the Cornish coast in 1793, and is available in regular print, large print and aud...

Louise's favourite character is Colonel Brandon in Sense and Sensibility. "He's such a romantic and so deliciously buttoned-up,...

It's so romantic! In this extract, Marguerite is in a terrible situation. She is being blackmailed and her brother's life is being t...

Thinking about The Scarlet Pimpernel made us think about characters in disguise. We have a fair selection of them in our own books! Louise...

He's a master of disguise In the stage play, Fred Terry used to use an uncredited old woman to sit knitting at the foot of the guillotin...

2005 is the centenary of the first publication of The Scarlet Pimpernel This is one of the most adventurous historical romances ever writte...

Congratulations, Liz! Not only does Liz share a name with Jane Austen's most famous character, but as she's the first person to post...

Three years ago about this time of year I'd just been reading about a lady who got away with being in the Russian cavalry disguised as a...

Lynne says: "Well, I thought and I thought, and I came up with a character who is in all the books, but never does anything. Jane herse...

Books by Georgette Heyer have been my comfort reading since I was a girl. THE RELUCTANT GOVERNESS is by way of being a homage to her. I love...

Kate's favourite is Mr Bennet from Pride and Prejudice. She says, "Since Amanda got in there before me and stole Mr Darcy I'll ...

It's so good to see a site with UK Regency authors, and I'm in such good company I could squeal! My latest Regency is called Nobless...

As a writer of historical novels set in Georgian and Regency times, I find that dances feature quite frequently. In an age when young ladies...