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Chirp Audio Deal for "Ten Things I Hate About the Duke"

Through the end of October, U.S. readers can get the audio version of Ten Things I Hate About the Duke for $6.99.

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The Linley Sambourne House Part 2

Self portrait of Edward Linley Sambourne. Dated 1891, scanned from The History of "Punch", by M.H. Spielmann, Cassell & Company Ltd. 1895, page 531. Source: Wikipedia.

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The Linley Sambourne House in Kensington

Linley Samburne House, 18 Stafford Terrace, Kensington, London

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"Lord Perfect" eBook is $1.99 for a limited time

Only a short time ago, I had the honor and pleasure of talking about the Carsington brothers series (among other interesting topics—and punctuated with a good deal of l...

Leighton House Museum

George Frederic Watts RA, Portrait of Frederic, Lord Leighton, P.R.A, 1888.

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Searching for the sites in "My Inconvenient Duke"

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Ham House Part 2

Ham House, Richmond

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Ham House

Ham House, Richmond

Ham House, Richmond, was a revelation. I’ve often used 16th and 17th century houses for my cha...

Kensington Palace Part Two

Gates of Kensington Palace, 2017

My previous post focused on Queen Vict...

Kensington Palace and Queen Victoria

A view of the bedroom in which Queen Victoria was born, in 1819.

My favorite book about Queen Victoria is Gillian Gill’s We Two, which is mainly about her marriage (the subtitle is Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals), but also does a wonderful job of telling the story of how she came to be heir to the throne and what her childhood was like. The best biographies read like good fiction, and this book falls into that category.

Kensington Palace, like so many other of my London destina...