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Readers Poll #29 Pick a Personality for your Heroine:

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Barbara Parker

August 4, 2015 at 12:34 pm • Reply

Can anyone tell me the origin of the term “bluestocking”?

Patricia Cochran

August 5, 2015 at 7:35 pm • Reply

Bluestocking: Forerunner of the scholarly women of today!!
Love it!
Pat C.

Sabrina Jeffries

June 17, 2016 at 2:45 pm • Reply

Wikipedia explains it pretty well, Barbara– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluestocking

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Regency Tidbit

Although some fairs had started to die out, some still provided popular entertainment in the Regency. You may have heard of Bartholomew Fair, which took place in London in September, or Scarborough Fair, which occurred in Scarborough, Yorkshire, around the same time (although it closed for good in 1788). Both were among a group of several “charter” fairs, established by Royal charter centuries before our period. Like most of them, they combined sales of things like cloth, rugs, or farm tools with entertainment like games, puppets, acrobats, rides, and dancing. You can see the swings in the image below. A few fairs still go on! So we’ll try to replicate one at the Historical Romance Retreat.

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Readers Poll #29 Pick a Personality for your Heroine:

Pick a personality for your heroine:

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