Category Archives: Royalty

The Royal House of Windsor

Posted on May 16, 2021 by Tessa Arlen

“The old queen sat in state near the center of the room, back erect, her white wig crowned with the Vladimir tiara and ropes of pearls and diamonds covering her large-bosomed front from neck to waist.” In Royal Service to … Continue reading →

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Queen Mary and the Vladimir Tiara

Posted on May 14, 2021 by Tessa Arlen

“The old queen sat in state near the center of the room, back erect, her white wig crowned with the Vladimir tiara and ropes of pearls and diamonds covering her large-bosomed front from neck to waist.” In Royal Service to … Continue reading →

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Daisy Brook and the Imprudent Letter

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Tessa Arlen

  Daisy Brook, who later became Daisy Greville, the Countess of Warwick, was one of the early Edwardian era’s great beauties and the center of it’s many scandals. She featured in DEATH OF A DISHONORABLE GENTLEMAN as an example of imprudence … Continue reading →

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The Redoubtable Edwardian and the Institution of Marriage

Posted on September 15, 2014 by Tessa Arlen

Yes, of course Edwardians married for love, but the upper-classes usually fell in love among their own kind, shoring up their country estates from time to time with alliances to an American fortune or with the daughter of a wealthy … Continue reading →

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Bertie and the Entente Cordiale

Posted on February 19, 2014 by mM021114

It seems only right that I kick off this blog with the greatest Edwardian of them all: King Edward VII or Bertie as he was known to his family. Continue reading →

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