Category Archives: Redoubtable Edwardians

A Blog on Blighty

Posted on July 19, 2017 by Tessa Arlen

I have just finished the copyedit for DEATH OF AN UNSUNG HERO – Lady Montfort and Edith Jackson’s fourth adventure together which takes place at home in Blighty in 1916 as the Battle of the Somme raged on for most of … Continue reading →

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The Redoubtable Edwardian raises a glass . . . or two

Posted on May 30, 2017 by Tessa Arlen

It is a well-known fact that the Edwardian lady did not drink whiskey –or, for some strange reason, other dark colored alcoholic drinks like port, brandy, beer or stout. It was considered unfeminine and ‘low’. Working class women drank gin … Continue reading →

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An Edwardian Christmas at Iyntwood

Posted on December 22, 2016 by Tessa Arlen

In 1901 when Clementine, Lady Montfort was a young mother with three young children in the nursery it snowed that Christmas Eve as the Talbot family and their servants walked down St. Bartholomew’s church in the village for the evening … Continue reading →

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British Tea and the Proper Wielding of Teapots.

Posted on October 24, 2016 by Tessa Arlen

I want to try to clarify some of the rules bout the ritual of tea time as it is probably one of the most misrepresented of British traditions.  

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Winston Churchill in Death Sits Down to Dinner

Posted on March 15, 2016 by Tessa Arlen

“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” ~ Winston S. Churchill Winston Spencer Churchill was the son of Lord Randolph Churchill, the third son of John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough and Lady Randolph Churchill  (née … Continue reading →

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Clementine Talbot, Countess of Montfort

Posted on April 22, 2014 by Tessa Arlen

Thanks to Lyndsy Spence of The Mitford Society’s invitation to write a blog for ‘Meet My Main Character,’ I have the opportunity to introduce Redoubtable Edwardian: Clementine Talbot, Countess of Montfort the shining star of my novel:  ‘Death of a … Continue reading →

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