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A Regency Guide to Modern Life

A Regency Guide to Modern Life

1800s Advice on 21st Century Love, Friends, Fun and More
Carly Lane
Format
Hardcover
Category
HUMOR
ISBN
9780241585702
Publication Date
02-02-2023

Brief Description

What would Darcy do? How can you be more Bridgerton? Take the Regency approach and be prepared for anything life throws at you - from dates to duels, manners to matters of the heart. You'll soon find yourself the catch of the season.

Full Description

Sick of indecent proposals from untrustworthy rakes? Be more discerning with your dance card and swipe right on only the most eligible and dashing suitors. Whether you want to avoid scandal, or embrace it, keep your name out of the gossip sheets and group chats with this modern take on the rules of polite society. 

Putting a fresh spin on real Regency etiquette advice, A Regency Guide to Modern Life is a tongue-in-cheek handbook to navigating friendship, dating, work, summer holidays, social events, self-confidence and more - the perfect gift for fans of period dramas and Jane Austen.

Reviews

Gentle reader, it's beautifully illustrated in cartoon fashion and packed with all kinds of modern dilemmas.
Lady A's advice is such fun - think Bridgerton's Lady Whistledown.

-- Janet Gordon * Bishop Storford Independent *

Author Biography

Carly Lane is a journalist who specialises in covering the entertainment industry, particularly film and television, as well as her truest love: romance novels. Her writing has appeared in Vulture, Collider, Paste Magazine, the Boston Globe, Vice, Teen Vogue, SYFY Wire, and elsewhere on the internet. She lives in Atlanta with her husband, who obligingly builds her the occasional extra bookshelf in an attempt to combat her eternal tower of a TBR.

Readers' comments

A hilarious tongue-in cheek romance and lifestyle book designed for the Bridgeton obsessed and the Princess Diaries fan.