Corset and Crown

Holiday (belated) hijinks abound! We read The Dukes Who Stole Christmas! Sarah MacLean Tessa Dare Joanna Shupe Sophie Jordan Intro Music: Musopen; Violin Concerto in F major, RV 293 'Autumn' - III. Allegro https://musopen.org/music/14910-the-four-seasons-op-8/

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 Intro Music: Musopen; Violin Concerto in F major, RV 293 'Autumn' - III. Allegro https://musopen.org/music/14910-the-four-seasons-op-8/

Joanna Shupe About Instagram The Gilded Heiress Anastasia Notes Anastasia Romanov: The Russian princess who defied death? Podcast Ep: Anastasia Romanov Anastasia Romanov Intro Music: Musopen; Violin Concerto in F major, RV 293 'Autumn' - III. Allegro https://musopen.org/music/14910-the-four-seasons-op-8/

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 Website Fantasticfiction TikTok Insta Bluesky Intro Music: Musopen; Violin Concerto in F major, RV 293 'Autumn' - III. Allegro https://musopen.org/music/14910-the-four-seasons-op-8/

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 Website Instagram Intro Music: Musopen; Violin Concerto in F major, RV 293 'Autumn' - III. Allegro https://musopen.org/music/14910-the-four-seasons-op-8/

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 About 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 Ad...

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 Intro Music: Musopen; Violin Concerto in F major, RV 293 'Autumn' - III. Allegro https://musopen.org/music/14910-the-four-seasons-op-8/

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

Duchess and Lady go to the Old West with Ms Bev’s Night Hawk! Kanza People The Kanza People The Oklahoma Historical Society Tribe that gave Kansas its name has reclaimed a big piece of its sacred heritage Chinese Exclusion Act Facing History National Archives - Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 I would also feature something from the United States Office of the Historians but that article has been rem...

Lady Sadie gets to make the Duchess read the first PsyChangeling! Information about Nalini Singh LadySadie’s first PsyChangeling review (March 2021!) Biography PsyChangeling Series Spin Off/ Second Season of PsyChangeling - PsyChangling Trinity Series Bonus Stories GigiReads’ Guide to PsyChangeling LadySadie’s Guide to PsyChangling - Part I and Part II Intro Music: Musopen; Violin Concerto in F ma...

Duchess Katie picked Ilona Andrews’ Burn for Me for Lady Sadie to read. Show Notes Duchess Katie’s Original Review of Burn for Me Information About Ilona Andrews Website About Husband and Wife Writing Team Hidden Legacy Series - Burn for Me is book one Intro Music: Musopen; Violin Concerto in F major, RV 293 'Autumn' - III. Allegro https://musopen.org/music/14910-the-four-seasons-op-8/

Spies, lies and wedding crashing - we read Diana Quincy’s From London With Love! Show Notes Francis Drake This Dark Business - nonfiction book about Napoleonic spying. Friends and Enemies by Christopher Gibbs - abstract of an academic paper, link to full academic paper as well. Intro Music: Musopen; Violin Concerto in F major, RV 293 'Autumn' - III. Allegro https://musopen.org/music/14910-the-four...

Two for One Novellas Mrs Milner Gets a Kitchen by Jane Hadley PTSD - history , diagnosis , USVA information A Little Light Mischief by Cat Sebastian Boston Marriages Ann Lister, “England’s First Lesbian” Clandestine Queerness Outhistory QueerWomeninHistory 12 Women They Didn’t Tell You About in Queer History Class LesbianHistoryArchives Intro Music: Musopen; Violin Concerto in F major, RV 293 'Aut...

Enemies to lovers? Pirates? Absolutely bananas ride? Join us for The Pirate Lord by Sabrina Jeffries. Piracy Golden Age of Piracy Infamous Pirates Privateers in the War of 1812 True Crime Campfire, Episode Named: Black Flag: The Story of the Pirate Blackbeard Sabrina Jeffries Facts and Figures Pirate Lord All About I didn’t know this about Sabrina Jeffries - but she is openly neurodivergent. Check...

A risky and risque romance of opposites with a background in radical reforms - join us for the The Charmer by Madeline Hunter. Sources: Further reading on women's property and independent rights in the UK.: National Archive of the minutes of the debates. Representation of All Peoples Act - first expanding in 1918 it to men over 21 and women over 30. In 1928, the age for voting for women dropped to...

Join Duchess Katie & Lady Sadie this week as they cover a highly anticipated romance from one of C&C's favorite authors! I will say that this is one of the densest books we have covered since we restarted C and C. All the Las Leonas feature some pretty intense moments and topics, and all take place during or right after The Exposition Universelle of 1889 better known as the 1889 Paris Expo...

Join the Duchess and Lady on their latest read, The Runaway Duchess! Ok so this takes place in the late 1800s - specifically 1883. This was the height of colonialism and a lot of that colonialism looked like - stealing things from other places. In this book, Neal was essentially a botanical adventurer. Botanical expeditions during the 18th and 19th centuries were often state-sponsored endeavors ai...

Join Duchess Katie & Lady Sadie as the venture in to the world of medieval historical romance! New author background Susan King was born in 1951 and has been publishing since the 1990s Has also published under the nom de plume Sarah Gabriel, Susan Fraser King Has worked as a lecturer in medieval history with a background in studio art, medieval english and now is a teacher at a private school....

Join Duchess Katie & Lady Sadie as they dive into the world of historical BDSM For those of us that we raised in a school system that doesn’t talk about colonialism… I know it is shocking but in 1910 Great Britain owned Egypt. By 1922 Egypt will be an independent nation. 1910 is a wild time in the world anyways. There is a lot of colonialism in this book - I mean the cast are all expats or col...

Join Duchess Katie & Lady Sadie as they discuss "The Finest Print" by Erin Langston! Fun fact - most British pubs are named like the duck and dog because so much of the population was illiterate for so long that was the only way for people to know the names of places. “These factors led to greater production of books, newspapers, magazines and ephemera than ever before. Between 1800 and 1835,...

A Short History of Queerness in The New York This book takes place in 1960 in NYC so for some cultural and Queer context for this I thought I would just share a brief overview of Queer history. Before colonization from white Europeans many indigenous tribes had a very different view of Queerness and homosexuality. The area that would become New Amsterdam and later NYC was predominantly Lenape who...