by Diane Morris | Oct 17, 2022 | Other Authors
Here’s a confession: I have read Mary Balogh’s novel Slightly Dangerous for the second time this year. That’s not a particularly embarrassing admission, for my log indicates that I first read it in February or thereabouts, and finished reading it...
by Diane Morris | Sep 17, 2022 | surgeons & surgery, Surgery
Regency-era surgery was awful for patients, but it was also awful for surgeons. Surgeons performed operations to save lives, even while knowing their skill caused extreme pain. Surgery without Anesthesia During the Regency era (which lasted from about 1789 to 1830)...
by Diane Morris | Sep 1, 2022 | Anne de Bourgh, Publishing
Quotations Used in My Novelette Cousin Anne In this blog I list the quotations used in my novelette Cousin Anne. I posted them here instead of adding them to the back matter as I usually do. Choosing this route avoided any worries about altering the book cover’s...
by Diane Morris | Aug 14, 2022 | surgeons & surgery, Surgery
There is no question about it: Regency surgery was awful for patients. An observer in 1828 described an amputation in this manner: “But, oh, how my feeling recoiled at the sight! To behold the keen shining knife drawn around the leg severing the integuments, while the...
by Diane Morris | Aug 8, 2022 | Publishing
My Regency website has a new look, starting with Issac Robert Cruikshank’s painting titled “Characters on the Steyne, Brighton.” Published in 1825, Cruikshank’s painting is just so Regency! The Steyne (or “Steine”) was a popular...
