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The Inner Life of a Gentleman’s Club

[T]he day at a club begins the night before. About 9 p.m., when the rush is over, the chef or chief cook takes stock of what is left on hand, and frames his estimate of what will be required for...

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Elizabeth Robins Pennell on A Perfect Breakfast, 1900

Elizabeth Robins Pennell, an American biographer, food and art critic, and traveler who settle in London with her artist husband, Joseph Pennell, had a weakness for eating, cookery, and cookbooks....

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Before & After in a Birmingham slum

The late Victorian and Edwardian eras were the epoch of slum clearances. Philanthropists, Fabians, and the newfangled city councils were determined to stamp out poverty with action as opposed to...

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Interview & Giveaway with Allison Rushby, author of The Heiresses

Remember this really fun serial novel I mentioned last week? Luckily for interested readers, today is its paperback release, and Allison Rushby has stopped by for a quick Q&A and is giving away a...

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The Death of King Edward VII

The death of King Edward VII on May 6, 1910, marked the proper end of Edwardian era. Society marched gaily on until the summer of 1914, but no longer was there a charismatic, pleasure-loving, and...

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Emily Post on Table Manners

You can find anything on YouTube these days, and I was amused to find this particular video by esteemed American etiquette author, Emily Post. Post, the daughter of a famed Gilded Age architect,...

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GIVEAWAY: A Spear of Summer Grass by Deanna Raybourn

I am so pleased to offer this giveaway of Deanna Raybourn’s newest release, A Spear of Summer Grass to my readers! This is perfect for Downton Abbey fans and those looking for a taste of passion,...

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A Friday Reads Smorgasbord!

In the interests of full disclosure, I must confess my neglect of Edwardian Promenade was also due to other people’s books! Thanks to the good folks at Edelweiss and NetGalley, I’ve loaded up my...

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The Organization of Scotland Yard

Scotland Yard, from 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica – Wikimedia Commons The great deterrent against crime is not vindictive punishment; the more certain you make detection, the less severe your...

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Student Life in Oxford University

Pardon my relative radio silence! I have been knee-deep in my novel, Mine Is The Night, and it consumed my every waking thought to the point where grasping for Edwardian Promenade topics became...

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The Gilded Age Bachelor and His Club

The Billard Room of the Metropolitan Club, 1896 — NYPL Digital Collection Club life in America is a growth of recent years. It is now so firmly established, and it is so popular that there is not a...

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The Customs of Edwardian Society

The customs of Society seem to follow some curious law of their own. What is absolutely de rigueur in this generation is tacitly condemned in the next; the words, the manners, the habits, which...

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Rachel’s Edwardian Dining Experience

I was really excited to try cooking from Abbey Cooks Entertain by Pamela Foster. I knew the Edwardian Period was a time of fine dining and I found it an interesting exercise to try and recreate...

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Fascinating Women: Guilhermina Suggia

Guilhermina Suggia (1885 – 1950) was a Portuguese cellist of international renown. She studied with some of the best cellist and musicians of the time, and her legacy has helped many young...

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Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland’s History-Making Race Around the World by Matthew Goodman

Matthew Goodman is the author of the book Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland’s History-Making Race Around the World. This book was released on the 26th of February and was published by...

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The Edwardian Flirt

What would Society be without flirtation? Almost all its arrangements are specially invented for the purpose of rendering flirtation easy and agreeable. The sitting-out corners at balls; the tops...

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A St. Patrick’s Day Sociable (with Recipes!)

DANCE OF COLLEENS The most successful feature of a pay entertainment given on March 17th was a chorus of “Irish Colleens,” who sang Irish ballads, to the great enjoyment of the audience. The...

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Dressing a Gentleman on a Budget

By sconosciuto [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons As Prince of Wales, the future Edward VII set the tone in matters of romantic entanglements, entertainment, and sartorial matters. Gentlemen of...

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They Said It With Music: Yankee Doodle To Ragtime

Newspaper article about the special in Norwalk, Connecticut’s The Hour, July 2, 1977

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Review: The Flower of Empire by Tatiana Holway

Due for release on April 9th 2013 Blurb In 1837, while charting the Amazonian country of Guiana for Great Britain, German naturalist Robert Schomburgk discovered an astounding “vegetable wonder”–a...

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WWI Wednesday: Building the Trenches

Modern trenches are intended to give cover from fire and from view. They are seldom roofed over, so that, as a matter of fact, they can be seen from the air, but it is not by any means an easy task...

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100th Anniversary of the Women’s Suffrage March on Washington

Much of the discussion about women’s suffrage tends to focus on England, the Pankhursts, and their militant tactics, but the battle for the vote raged just as vehemently in the United States. If...

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The Popularity of Postcards in Edwardian Times

During the latter part of the Edwardian period, postcards began to gain popularity. This was due to a number factors: Firstly, the art of photography had improved and was no longer as unwieldy or...

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HBO’s Parade’s End

Six months after its closing episode, Parade’s End is finally airing on HBO. I was able to watch all five parts last year, and cannot recommend the mini-series highly enough. Though Ford Madox...

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Downton Abbey in America: 15 Places to Visit to Recapture the Drama

Since most of us can’t pop over to England to wander about the halls and gardens of their great country estate, I thought I’d highlight a few of our homegown country houses that are just a car...

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Downton Abbey 3×07

The sound you heard last night was the collective Nooooos, groans, wailings, cursing, and sobs of millions of Americans struck dumb and devastated by the surprise ending to season three’s...

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Fascinating Women: Pearl Rivers- Female Journalist

Picture from Wikimedia Commons Eliza J Nicholson, known by a pseudonym, ‘Pearl Rivers,’ was one of the first women to be involved in journalism and run a successful, political paper. Eliza’s...

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Winner of the Alison Atlee giveaway

Drawn randomly by a plug-in, the winner is… Becky ! Please email me at evangeline [at] edwardianpromenade [dot] com! Thank you all for participating, and thank you Alison for being such a...

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Helen Rowland’s Guide to Love & Matrimony

Helen Rowland was born in Washington, DC in 1876. She attended the Emerson College of Oratory in Boston, graduating in 1895, whereupon she returned to Washington to further her desire to become an...

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Edwardian Promenade

The Inner Life of a Gentleman’s Club

Elizabeth Robins Pennell on A Perfect Breakfast, 1900

Before & After in a Birmingham slum

Interview & Giveaway with Allison Rushby, author of The Heiresses

The Death of King Edward VII

Emily Post on Table Manners

GIVEAWAY: A Spear of Summer Grass by Deanna Raybourn

A Friday Reads Smorgasbord!

The Organization of Scotland Yard

Student Life in Oxford University

The Gilded Age Bachelor and His Club

The Customs of Edwardian Society

Rachel’s Edwardian Dining Experience

Fascinating Women: Guilhermina Suggia

Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland’s History-Making Race Around the World by Matthew Goodman

The Edwardian Flirt

A St. Patrick’s Day Sociable (with Recipes!)

Dressing a Gentleman on a Budget

They Said It With Music: Yankee Doodle To Ragtime

Review: The Flower of Empire by Tatiana Holway

WWI Wednesday: Building the Trenches

100th Anniversary of the Women’s Suffrage March on Washington

The Popularity of Postcards in Edwardian Times

HBO’s Parade’s End

Downton Abbey in America: 15 Places to Visit to Recapture the Drama

Downton Abbey 3×07

Fascinating Women: Pearl Rivers- Female Journalist

Winner of the Alison Atlee giveaway

Helen Rowland’s Guide to Love & Matrimony

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