Series 3 of Downton Abbey, or A Look at England in the Early Twenties
byEnglish society immediately after the Armistice and the Paris Peace Conference was not exactly as it was before, but it was not yet what…
social history
The American Heiress
byBetween the years 1870 and 1914, hundreds of American heiresses flooded the shores of Britain and Continental Europe. To this day, their influence (and…
Those Scandalous Dances!
byUntil the emergence of the waltz in the early 19th century, the minuet reigned supreme as the courtliest, most aristocratic of dances. It was…