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LATEST ARTICLES ( 44 )

• Fortune’s Son by Emery Lee

  

  2011 TRR BEST HISTORICAL ROMANCE Nominee 2012 SIBA Nominee Do you enjoy historical fiction with strong romantic elements? My second novel, FORTUNE’S SON (a... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Georgians & Jacobites by Emery Lee

  

  Dear friends and followers,After a three year hiatus in which I have focused exclusively on romance (www.victoriavane.com) I am excited to be returning to my... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• An Homage to Les Liaisons Dangereuses

  

  A passionate romance rife with seduction and intrigue coupled with South Sea scandal and Jacobite plots, TREACHEROUS TEMPTATIONS by Victoria Vane wins the 2014... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Farcical Twist on Harris’ List of Covent Garden Ladies

  

  **The Trouble with Sin (Devilish Vignette #2) is a comic romp that follows on the heels of Devil in the Making. It is also a prequel to Jewel of the East (... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2013 BOOKS

• TREACHEROUS TEMPTATIONS : A New Twist on an 18th Century Theme

  

  PUBLISHER’S BLURB:A reluctant heiress resigned to her fate … Mary Elizabeth Edwardes has one of the largest fortune’s in England, but has no desire to leave... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Glitzy and Glamorous Georgians!

  

  First posted at Christy English’s Blog on 2/4/13As a devout Georgian junkie, I am frequently asked why I am so enamored of this particular historical era. Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Worth 10,000 Words!

  

  A couple of months ago, after having read so many reader and reviewer comments about the “vividness” of my stories, I was struck with the idea of incorporating... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Color My World…DIGITALLY

  

  The digital revolution, as we all know, has taken the publishing world by storm. Last year 350,000 new e-books were released with nearly 200,000 of them from... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2012 BOOKS

• DEVIL IN THE MAKING by Victoria Vane: The History Behind the Story

  

  DEVIL IN THE MAKING by VICTORIA VANEEvery devil has a beginning…A rebellious young nobleman’s prank with the king’s lion goes comically awry, leading to a... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Georgian Vs Regency England as Settings for Romance by Christy English

  

  Is there any film more lush than DANGEROUS LIAISONS? Since this story took place in France, it can’t technically be considered a Georgian piece, but it was my... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2012 BOOKS, MOVIES

• Book Review: THE COURTSHIP by Grace Burrowes

  

  Lord Percival Windham has come back from a cavalry posting in the wilds of Canada to find marital ambushes and intrigues on all sides at what ought to be a... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Eighteenth Century Eye Candy

  

  I want my readers to have the best reading experience. I also want them to see what it is about the 18th Century that has me spending my days immersed in all... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Georgian Junkies Make the Top 10!

  

  Lucinda Brant and Victoria Vane both make the list!From The Lit Asylum:The Ten Best….So FarJul 3, 2012 by India PenwickMid-year 10 best list. Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Most Fun You Will EVER Have for $.99 !

  

  “What do you get when you mix the unlikely combo of a Georgian historical setting with the crazy misadventures of the movie the Hangover? A Wild Night’s Bride,... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• “bloody Ban” Tarleton

  

  Those who have read any of my books (written either as Emery Lee or as Victoria Vane) already know that I use a number of real historical characters in my... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE, HISTORY

• An Actress and Her Princely Swain

  

  Mary “Perdita” Robinson and George “Florizel“ Prince of Wales“Every event of my life has more or less been marked by the progressive evils of a too acute... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE, HISTORY

• Anyone for REAL Tennis?

  

  The characters in my novels may be fictional, but as an historian I want the setting to be as accurate as possible—places, clothes, food, people, politics and... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Raucous, Riotous, Georgian Stage

  

  “Strolling Actresses Rehearsing in a Barn” William Hogarth Part I -A Brief History In the heyday of the Georgian theatre a great number of actresses commanded... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• RELEASE DAY Interview at Unwrapping Romance

  

  A while back I reviewed the book A FORTUNE’S SON by Emery Lee. I expressed my disappointment that this incredible historical fiction had been marketed as a... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Wild Night’s Bride &the; Naughty, Bawdy Georgians

  

  Lewd and lascivious filled with avarice, venality, and vice – these words well describe an age that was also paradoxically affluent, elegant and refined, an... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2012 BOOKS