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I’ve made a few trips already When I set out to write my debut time-travel historical romance trilogy, The Music & Madness Series—which is currently out in the wild living its best life in agents' query inboxes—I knew there would be research. Corset instructions, carriage speeds, and the art of social etiquette in Hyde Park are all things I’ve experienced… from the safety of my thoroughly modern couch. I’ll share what I’ve learned with you! ⏳ While I can’t be an H.G. Wells fairy godfather and bestow you with the ability to time-travel, I can grant your history wishes via fun facts, tidbits, and humorous trivia I’ve discovered along the way. ✒️ Teaching literature to high school seniors brought me one universal truth: history is never boring if you focus on the weird, passionate, and hilariously chaotic human choices behind it. And that’s what Chrono & Quill is all about. https://abbyclarke.com/chrono-and-quill/blog-define-regency-romance monthly 0.5 2026-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6956c6f61214803879488272/3a2f0003-da5d-4351-970e-b944cdcdeb34/unsplash-image-jRYPp32PPSo.jpg Chrono & Quill - Redefining the Regency - Do I love Regency Romance? Yep. Dashing dukes in cravats, horseback rides in Hyde park, courtly love at a ballroom crush? Swoon. Would I time travel to England in the early 1800s? Hell no. Some of you are with me on this. The idea of a chamber pot alone is enough to make us sidestep Michael Crichton with a hearty, “Thanks, but no, bro.” I love my husband (even though he’s not an earl) but I don’t want to be his lawful property or give up my own bank account because I’ve got a vagina. Still, more of you are like, “C’mon! I’d trade modernity for a houseful of servants in Mayfair and a waltz with Viscount Bridgerton any day.” And you wouldn’t be alone. There’s something about Fabio’s famous pecs and the England of 1811-1820 that makes us drool. And, of course, pick up a book. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6956c6f61214803879488272/e309a507-a235-4cee-a5d2-4e9310ff24fc/unsplash-image-nNncw6JbdIQ.jpg Chrono & Quill - Redefining the Regency - Enter the bodice-ripper I’ve loved Regency novels since I was old enough to have my mom introduce me to the sweet-tempered handwriting of Georgette Heyer. After I devoured all the chaste kisses and happily ever afters, I promptly climbed our bookshelves to pull down every bodice-ripper I could find. In high school I tore off the covers so I could sneak them into AP English and read a steamy chapter in between Austen, Hawthorne, and Billy Shakes. I’ve read hundreds of books, but I keep coming back for a tasty historical romance. Give me anything pre-1900 and I’m inhaling it. Jennifer Ashley? Nom, nom, nom. 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