Alicia Cameron - Felicity and the Damaged Reputation Review

I have just finished the Alicia Cameron book Felicity and the Damaged Reputation. A beautiful fast-paced book, Alicia Cameron's books increasingly remind me of Georgette Heyer. This one has a distinct feel of Arabella about it. A poor beautiful kind girl about town and a rich distinguished suitor. The book has some lovely characters and stays genuine to many regency details including a Bow Street Runner with their typical rough language, mention of Gothic romances, tyrant eccentric old relative, etc etc.

After having a read a few of Cameron's books, I would like to read them again. They are fun, the heroes elegant and the plots are reasonable and fast.

How to Tie the Cravat - Regency Cravats

Anyone who has followed Georgette Heyer knows how important it is to tie the cravat properly to be considered a Corinthian. Some common cravat names ones come across are the Waterfall, the Mathematical, both considered to be quite complicated. A small search on pinterest revealed quite a bit of nice information on cravats and cravat tying.

 Cravat tying was considered an art. A valet would be handing out ironed and starched linens to the master before he makes the perfectly tied cravat, as depicted in many books. The most fastidious could use up as many as 10 -12 sets of cravats before getting to the perfectly tied one.
How different from the simple, humble and boring neck ties we have these days. And oh yes. A gentleman tied his own cravats. It was not the job of a valet.


The Neckclothithania has some delicious information regarding Cravats. Published in 1818 it shows the many styles. Though 1818 is strictly not Regency era. The Mail Coach and the Mathematical are the popular ones that find mention in many romance books of that era.