Holiday (belated) hijinks abound! We read The Dukes Who Stole Christmas!

Sarah MacLean

Tessa Dare

Joanna Shupe

Sophie Jordan

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Two for the price of one - Novella November!

Olivia Waite’s Hen Fever

Insta

Website

Women in Crimean War

National Archive - No Place for a Woman

Florence Nightingale - yeah, that’s why she was famous.

Bec McMaster’s Tarnished Knight

Instagram

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Joanna Shupe

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The Gilded Heiress

Anastasia Notes

Anastasia Romanov: The Russian princess who defied death?

Podcast Ep: Anastasia Romanov

Anastasia Romanov

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Drink up me hearties, yo ho! The Duchess and Lady get piratical again to finish out spooky season with Eva Leigh’s newest release - The Sea Witch!

Eva Leigh

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Fantasticfiction

TikTok

Insta

Bluesky

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Spooky season is upon us - and so we diverge to a bit of fantasy. Join the Duchess and Lady as they share all their thoughts about The Wraith King by Juliette Cross.

Juliette Cross

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Victorian politics, unfortunate feelings, and a whirlwind passion?? Come read Ana Maria and the Fox by Liana De La Rosa.

**Please forgive Duchess Katie's poor audio quality on this one - she forgot to update her mic settings

Liana De La Rosa

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Books

Ana Maria and the Fox on Goodreads

History

Library of Congress on Adelitas - while it still exists.

Texas Women’s College Historiography of the Adelitas

Adela - inspiration for the Adelitas name

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Get Gothic with us as we talk all things Ladies in Hating by Alexandra Vasti!

Alexandra Vasti

Books

Ladies in Hating on Goodreads

Historical Notes

Lady Caroline Lamb biography on Goodreads

Interesting YouTube about Lady Caro

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Duchess and Lady head to Victorian England to start the Doves of New York series by Harper St. George.

Harper St George

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Doves of New York

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Sources and Sites for Victorian Era Sexuality

Britannica - Victorian England’s Double Standards

Asa Briggs on Victorian England

Sources and Sites for Victorian Era Contraception

Atlas Obscura - 19th Century Women’s Secret Guide to Contraception

National Museum of Civil War Medicine - Mother’s Friend

If you want to be full of rage - How Anthony Comstock, Enemy to Women of the Gilded Age, Attempted to Ban Contraception

Early Example of a Contraceptive Sponge

Demisexuality

What is Demisexuality?

Why Demisexual is as valid as any other sexual orientation

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