Historian. Life of Wellington. War against Napoleon. Regency Britain. New book Love and Marriage in the Age of Jane Austen out in February 2024 pub by Yale
According to the Wiki daily rundown, no 'event' of moment happened #OnThisDay between 1439 and 1835.
Pretty sure we can improve on that.
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@GeorgianLords Ah, thank you - I’m pleased that the marriage was happy, but it’s an important reminder that even so there could be a lot of sadness to endure
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Happy to have this review of @RoryMuir3's excellent Love and Marriage in the Age of Jane Austen out in the world. Pause for a little romance today, my friends, and read about love in Jane Austen's time.
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@Hindu_Stan easier to leave stuff out of the main text, because you’re not scrapping it completely. Also (like putting in references) it uncovers lots of points where you’ve got something slightly wrong and gives you a chance to correct it before the concrete has set.
@Hindu_Stan I write a parallel text with lots of quotes from both primary and secondary sources, talking about where they contradict one another and going into the weeds that can never make it into the main text. Mostly so that it is there for me to refer to later, but it makes it cont.