Suzi Love: 28 books

Boxes, Cases, Etui, Necessaire and everything else that was used to carry essential items for travel, sewing, medicine, writing, and toiletries. Craftsmen created containers of precious metals, leather, and silks and decorated them with jewels and engraving to make exquisite and expensive items as...

What was fashionable for outer wear in past centuries? Call them what you like: Spencers, short jackets, or Regency jackets. They provided modesty and warmth and they changed greatly with the prevailing fashions of the time. Take a look at the jackets being worn by women in the early 1800s. Enjoy these historical and edited images of purses and the changes in styles and colors.

Viols, violins, and other stringed musical instruments from around the world through the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries. Beautiful pictures and easy to read information. Enjoy lots of pictures from fashion plates, museums, and sellers from around the world.

What was fashionable for purses in past centuries? Call them what you like: purses, bags, handbags, reticules, ridicules, clutches, or pocket replacements. They all did the same job and they changed greatly with the prevailing fashions of time. Enjoy lots of historical and edited images of purses and their changes in styles and colors from fashion plates and extant articles.

Musical instruments and music around the world through the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries. Pianos, pianofortes, harps, viols, violins, and many more. Enjoy lots of historical and edited images from fashion plates, museums, and sellers.

Young Gentleman’s Day is Book 2 in the Regency Life Series. This book depicts the ups and downs of a young gentleman’s day in the early 1800’s. Through historic images, historical information, and funny anecdotes, it shows how he fills his day, where he goes, and who he spends time with. These...

What was fashionable for women in the late 1700s? Extravagant colors and fabrics and outrageous styles were all seen in these flamboyant fashions. Take a look at their dresses, hats, underwear, and accessories and enjoy the historical and edited images to get a true sense of fashion in the late 1700s.

What was fashionable for outer wear in past centuries? Call them what you like: Coat, Pelisse, Redingote, Walking Dress, Promenade Dress. They all did the same job and they changed greatly with the prevailing fashions of the time. Take a look at what was being worn by women, men, and children and enjoy lots of historical and edited images from fashion plates and extant garments.

What was fashionable for men in the late 1700s? Extravagant colors and fabrics and outrageous styles were all seen in these flamboyant fashions. Take a look at their suits, hats, accessories and bedroom fashions and enjoy lots of historical and edited images from fashion plates and extant garments.

Women in charge of houses and estates wore long chains holding important household items around their waist e.g. keys to bedrooms, storerooms, or tea supplies. Essential items were also carried eg. notebook and pen, a watch, sewing items, vinaigrette or perfume, or a magnifying glass. Early chatelaine...

How did people travel in past centuries and what did they take with them to make their long journeys easier? Travel by road, ship, canal, or railway all took a long time and had dangers so people learned to prepare. And then, in the nineteenth century, road improvements, inventions, and scientific developments made travel more pleasurable.

Pianos, pianofortes, harpsichord, organs around the world through the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries. Beautiful pictures and easy to read information. Enjoy lots of historical and edited images from fashion plates, museums, and sellers.

After Lady Rebecca Jamison, a mathematical genius, saves her family from financial ruin by secretly investing in railway stocks on the London stock exchange, a greedy syndicate, desperate for Becca’s calculations and predictions, murders her friend and threatens the Jamison family, forcing Becca...

This book uses historic images, historical information, and funny anecdotes to give an overview of life through the late Georgian and the Regency years. A light-hearted look at the people, places, and fashions of the times, plus an easy to read overview of the politics and economics. There is plenty...