Georgette’s Gentlemen, or Heyer’s Heroes
Georgette Heyer’s Georgian and Regency novels have long been marketed as “women’s romance fiction,” which means that men are unlikely …
Tag Archives: romance
Culann’s Hound 15: Bachelor Farmers
The Irish sagas speak of the god Lugh, but we have no pictures of him from antiquity. He had to …
The Libertine Belles 14: The Tooth Fairy
Coffee bars, like restaurants, develop a specialized slang vocabulary to describe the product (and the customers). According to this article …
Sword Dance 8: A Perpetual Feast of Nectar’d Spirits
In real life, reading a papyrus involves a great deal of meticulous work. Yet it is every bit as exciting as you might imagine: …
The Voynich Affair: Chapter 10
“Romance” and “Rouen” both begin with the letter R. Surely no coincidence. If you’ve ever imagined an interlude with a …
The Voynich Affair: Chapter 9
Lynn spends another night beside West. Will they or won’t they? The Voynich Affair: Chapter 9 Lynn fell asleep surprisingly …
The Voynich Affair: Chapter 7
The Voynich manuscript is written in a so-far indecipherable code. It has been described as an alchemical text, a herbal, …
The Voynich Affair: Chapter 4
What can I say about airports and air travel? For me they have always been pure hell, mainly because I …
Opération Séduction 23: Joy
Joy by Jean Patou (1929) is perhaps the most famous fragrance ever created. It was intended to convey “the Platonic idea of a …
Opération Séduction 16: Bandit
I love this description of Bandit (1944) and the interesting print ad: The original version walked the thinnest scent-line possible …
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