→ September 19, 2012
Ross K Foad, creator of the very strange but enjoyable No Place Like Holmes series, reviews My Particular Friend in his strange …
A work in progress
My Particular Friend is a work in progress and marks a departure for me in my efforts to be published. Even though …
Bell pull
One of the jokes in My Particular Friend is that Charlotte House often yells out for the maid or footman rather than …
Dundas, Charles, 1st Baron Amesbury:
In a previous post, I mentioned my desire to include the Kennet and Avon canal in a Charlotte House affair, and I’m …
Emma and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes complete
I have finally uploaded all three volumes of Emma and all the stories of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes! A pretty daunting …
Footnotes for My Particular Friend
If you’re reading the paperback version of My Particular Friend, you can’t just click on the # sign to go to the …
Forums added
You may have noticed the new Forums link at the top of the pages. I know the site has grown like Topsy, …
Immersing Charlotte House into the K&A Canal
I will be visiting Bath this year with my husband Jim, my particular friend Lee and her brother Jim (much confusion I’m …
It’s new to me: Regency House Party review
If you hate reality television, resent your emotions being manipulated or think you’re already well versed in the Regency, you will probably …
John Wood (the elder and younger):
This father and son team defined Palladian architecture and with Ralph Allen are responsible for Bath’s consistent Georgian appearance. The father is …
Just started: The Affair of Brotherly Love
Yes, this is my first real attempt at a locked room mystery, also involving the construction of the Kennet and Avon Canal. …
London Map of 1804
I’ve mentioned this website here before and I’m sure well-traveled authors already know of it, but I recently had reason to revisit mapco.net …
My first guest blog; Amazon Prime customers read My Particular Friend for free
If you have a Kindle, iPad, iPhone or some other device upon which you can install the Kindle software and you’re an …
My Particular Friend
Miss Charlotte House will not admit impediments to marriage, not even when those impediments include scandal, blackmail and even a duel to …
My Particular Friend as Kindle ebook
The first two affairs of My Particular Friend have been released as a 99¢ Kindle single. Of course they’re still available to …
My Particular Friend at the Tattered Cover
Buy My Particular Friend at the Tattered Cover Bookstore, either at one of the three locations in the Denver metro area (Colfax …
My Particular Friend copies arrived safe and sound
Finally, my first 30 copies of My Particular Friend have arrived. It took CreateSpace quite some time to print, possibly because CreateSpace …
My Particular Friend footnotes: The Affair of Brotherly Love 1
I said I was undertaking the job of committing these steps to paper so that they might prove as an aide-mémoire.
My Particular Friend footnotes: The Affair of Brotherly Love 2
Beginning with Bradford-on-Avon: The trip from Bath to Bradford was accomplished easily in Mr Dundas’s landau, he remaining in Bath to attend …
My Particular Friend footnotes: The Affair of Brotherly Love 3
Beginning with The Younger Brother: There are no footnotes in this section.
My Particular Friend footnotes: The Affair of Brotherly Love 4
Beginning with Mr Haversham Recovers: ‘There had to be a copy, Jane. It is a fact that information about the map had …
My Particular Friend footnotes: The Affair of the Code Duello 1
We exchanged our greetings, I perhaps with less than my usual sang-froid for I was both struck by the beauty of our …
My Particular Friend footnotes: The Affair of the Code Duello 2
Beginning with The Mantua Maker: I was near seventeen and not yet out, the delay attributable to my father’s poor financial health, …
My Particular Friend footnotes: The Affair of the Code Duello 3
Beginning with Mr Wallace Reports: ‘No, I am afraid Mr Jenkins remains adamant. Nothing I could say would deter him and if …
My Particular Friend footnotes: The Affair of the Code Duello 4
Beginning with Miss Chivington’s Complaint: I thought of this possibility as we walked. Perhaps my romanticism had got the better of me. …
My Particular Friend footnotes: The Affair of the Code Duello 5
Beginning with The Gauntlet Is Thrown: Charlotte seemed to have dismissed the whole affair as a fait accompli.
My Particular Friend footnotes: The Affair of the Code Duello 6
Beginning with Pistols at Dawn: ‘I believe they are ascertaining the boundaries of the duelling square.’
My Particular Friend footnotes: The Affair of the Code Duello 7
Beginning with Explanations: ‘Don’t be facetious, Jane, no one could be so good a shot with a pistol, and surely Mr Jenkins …
My Particular Friend footnotes: The Affair of the Code Duello 8
Beginning with The End of the Affair: A se’ennight later saw us ready to leave for London. se’ennight: a week
My Particular Friend footnotes: The Affair of the Reluctant Bachelor 1
‘We go to a soirée this evening.’