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| Url: | http://slipintosomethingvictorian.wordpress.com/ |
| Author(s): | Mary Ann Webber, Christine Koehler, Nicole McCaffrey, Denise Eagan, Isabel Roman |
| Language: | English |
| Tags: | victorian, writing, 19th century |
| Description: | This is a blog created by 12 writers who write books about the Victorian era. We're generally blogging about the information we uncover as we research the era. Nothing is out of the realm of our posting, from Victorian England, to Victorian Canada, to Victorian America. We love the Old West, The Civil War, the Gilded age. We love the literature, the etiquette and the social upheaval of the era. Come join us! |
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| Popularity: | 21 Followers |
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Historical Christmas anthology releases today!
| My Civil War Christmas story, part of An American Rose Christmas anthology, officially releases in e-book format today–although it’s already out in print–from The Wild Rose Press....more |
2009-12-11
Christmas Cards
| It’s Christmas, iIt’s Christmas, it’s Victorian, and it’s Wednesday so I should post something combining at least the first two. The origin of the Christmas card as we know ...more |
2009-12-09
Victorian Slang of the Week
| Up against it—in great difficult or distress. Late in the century, 1895 in print. Seems to be used quite commonly in print at this point, which may mean it came suddenly into usage, or had been u...more |
2009-12-07
Lady of the Lake by Sir Walter Scott
| I’ve just renewed my interest in the great poem Lady of the Lake and thought you might want to renew your perusal of this great story that has lasted over the years.CompositionScott began wri...more |
2009-12-02
Victorian Slang of the Week
| Run afoul—To run into or meet with an attack. Probably originally nautical. From about 1833 on, throughout the century. “He was looking for the preacher and ran afoul of him in the saloon.” more |
2009-11-30
New Civil War Christmas anthology
| Since my turn to blog here ended up being the day after Thanksgiving, I thought I’d share an excerpt from my newest Civil War woman soldier story, part of the anthology An American Rose Christmas.A...more |
2009-11-27
Happy Thanksgiving & Lincoln
| A merry thanksgiving to all our American readers! May your turkeys be juicy and your mashed potatos turn out to be calorie free. And while I’m here, did you all know that although Thanksgiv...more |
2009-11-26
Victorian Slang of the Week
| Adam’s Ale—drinking water. As early as the 18th century, probably used through the Victorian period. “Walked miles without so much as a sip of ‘Adam’s Ale’ |
2009-11-23
Victorian Slang of the Week
| Adam—often used to express a very long time ago as in, “hasn’t been a thing like it since Adam was in leading strings”. 1839. |
2009-11-16
Fact and Fiction
| My latest release from The Wild Rose Press is a vampire romance, but the story is based on a real Civil War battle that took place in Fredericksburg, Virginia on December 13, 1862. It was a Confede...more |
2009-11-13
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