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Or, perhaps the panorama can be considered the Regency version of the IMAX or even the holodeck. The panorama was first introduced in London in the late eighteenth century and quickly spread across Europe. These enormous paintings became a popular form of entertainment throughout England and the Continent during the Regency. Yet I have never read a Regency novel in which a panorama plays any part.
A brief history of the origin of the panorama ...
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Posted on 04/09/10 at 07:09:00 by Kathryn Kane
Category: Entertainments
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As much as I love Regencies, I cannot justify the expense of hard cover editions. I stick to paperbacks. But I can still find some of the old traditionals at Biblio and Alibris for reasonable prices.
I have gotten a couple of Regencies from Cerridwen and Wild Rose, but so many of them are eBook only, and I am a dyed-in-the-wool booklover. No eBooks for me! I have also found so many egregious historical errors in some of them that they were very disappointing. I sometimes wish I was not a historian, then I might not notice. ;-)
I don't think Sandra Heath is still writing, although some of her books are being reissued in harcover and a few are available at regencyreads.com
Traditional Regencies are no longer available in mass-market format. Try the e-pubs--The Wild Rose Press and Cerridwen Cotillion. Depending on the length, the books may be available in paper.
Thanks for the tip about Sandra Heath. I did read one of her traditional Regencies years ago, but did not realize she was still writing. I will make it a point to look for her books the next time I am at the bookstore.
I have to admit, I am finding it harder and harder to find novels with a Regency setting. I am hopeful that there might be more next year, with the upcoming bicentennial of the beginning of the Regency. One can but hope.
Sandra Heath writes Regencies--wonderful, detailed, accurate, and page-turners, too. If you haven't read any of her stories, give them a try. I think you'll like them.
And 99% of what I read is Regencies, too.
That would explain why I did not know about them. I very seldom read anything but Regencies.
Thanks for the heads up. Maybe I will force myself to read them.
I can't quite remember, but I can think of two romances that had panoramas.
SECRETS OF A SUMMER NIGHT, a Victorian by Lisa Kleypas, starts with one.
Also, a Sandra Heath book, I think it's WINTER DREAMS, contains one, where the villain chases the heroine up and down the stairs the customers had to climb to see the various levels of the panorama.
Again, I may be wrong.
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Earlier this year I wrote a brief history of the maze. I promised to write in more detail about the two most prominent forms of the maze during the English Regency. This week I will concentrate on a maze form which certainly existed during the Regency, though I have yet to see one mentioned in a novel set during that time.
The English turf maze, its origins, its construction and its uses up to and during the Regency ...
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I have gotten a couple of Regencies from Cerridwen and Wild Rose, but so many of them are eBook only, and I am a dyed-in-the-wool booklover. No eBooks for me! I have also found so many egregious historical errors in some of them that they were very disappointing. I sometimes wish I was not a historian, then I might not notice. ;-)