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		<title>Spotlight on Barbara Dawson Smith &#160; By Cheryl Bolen</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 10:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathryn Kane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past few years, Cheryl Bolen has been publishing a Spotlight series of biographical sketches of a number of romance writers at her web site. She has graciously allowed us to re-post those biographical sketches here at the Beau Monde blog. Today, we begin with a biographical sketch of award-winning romance author, Barbara Dawson<div class="buttons"><a href="http://main.thebeaumonde.com/archives/3224" class="button"><span><i class="detail"></i>Details </span></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>A Romance Reader’s Pet Peeves: The 10 That Set Me On Edge Every Time!  By Regan Walker</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 05:48:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Beau Monde</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Romance Reader’s Pet Peeves: The 10 That Set Me On Edge Every Time!  By Regan Walker All readers have their pet peeves and it’s why we love some romances and hate others. I found it rather cathartic to set mine to paper. I wanted to speak for other readers whose reviews I see on the<div class="buttons"><a href="http://main.thebeaumonde.com/archives/3563" class="button"><span><i class="detail"></i>Details </span></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>1812: A Turning Point in British History by Laurie Alice Eakes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 05:16:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Beau Monde</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1812: A Turning Point in British History  by Laurie Alice Eakes For those of us immersed in the Regency time period, the year 1812 holds numerous significant incidents&#8211;incidents that set history on a course from the old world and into the new. Power changed hands in government and wars, the Industrial Revolution dug in its<div class="buttons"><a href="http://main.thebeaumonde.com/archives/3543" class="button"><span><i class="detail"></i>Details </span></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Comfits &#8212; Regency Tic-Tacs&#174;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 10:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathryn Kane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Comestibles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A cross-post from The Regency Redingote: Not only did a great many people regularly brush their teeth during the years of the Regency, they were also concerned about bad breath when socializing with others. For that reason, many people carried small sweets about with them. In Shakespeare&#8217;s day they were called &#34;kissing comfits,&#34; but by<div class="buttons"><a href="http://main.thebeaumonde.com/archives/3190" class="button"><span><i class="detail"></i>Details </span></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Maria Edgeworth &#8211; Regency Promenade by Nancy Mayer</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 02:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SuziLove</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Regency Era]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In our Regency Promenade today, Nancy Mayer looks at Maria Edgeworth, a prolific writer of adults&#8217; and children&#8217;s literature who held advanced views on estate management, politics and education. Maria Edgeworth 1767-1849 &#8220;As a woman, my life, wholly domestic, can offer nothing of interest to the public.&#8221; Maria *****************  Maria Edgeworth was one of three children born to her father’s<div class="buttons"><a href="http://main.thebeaumonde.com/archives/2838" class="button"><span><i class="detail"></i>Details </span></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Hannah More and Her Circle &#160; By Cheryl Bolen</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 10:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathryn Kane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, Cheryl Bolen reviews a book on Hannah More, who was an important figure campaigning for social reform in Regency England. But did you know that in her younger days the proper Hannah More had written for the stage and had become friendly with some of the leading lights of English theatre and literature? Once<div class="buttons"><a href="http://main.thebeaumonde.com/archives/3203" class="button"><span><i class="detail"></i>Details </span></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>TBM Forum Debut: &#160; Working on the Web</title>
		<link>http://main.thebeaumonde.com/archives/3501</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathryn Kane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This month, the Beau Monde Chapter of the Romance Writers of America is pleased to announce the debut of a new section in the Chapters/Special Interest Groups area of the myRWA.org forum. This new section is entitled &#34;Working on the Web.&#34; It is intended to be a place where Beau Monde members can come to<div class="buttons"><a href="http://main.thebeaumonde.com/archives/3501" class="button"><span><i class="detail"></i>Details </span></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Of Jehus and Jarvies</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathryn Kane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A cross-post from The Regency Redingote: Readers of Regency romance novels are familiar with the ubiquitous figures of the jarvey and the Jehu on the box of one kind of vehicle or another. These two words are commonly used in modern writing interchangeably, as though they were synonymous. Yet, my reading of various Regency documents<div class="buttons"><a href="http://main.thebeaumonde.com/archives/3187" class="button"><span><i class="detail"></i>Details </span></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>What is Nielsen’s BookScan? &#160; By Cheryl Bolen</title>
		<link>http://main.thebeaumonde.com/archives/3226</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:23:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathryn Kane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today&#8217;s article, Cheryl Bolen, award-winning romance author, tells us about Nielsen&#8217;s BookScan, which tracks point-of-sale statistics on book sales at a number of retail outlets. This article was written in 2005, and sadly, some of those retail outlets have fallen to the economic pressures of recent years. Nevertheless, publisher&#8217;s do use this list to<div class="buttons"><a href="http://main.thebeaumonde.com/archives/3226" class="button"><span><i class="detail"></i>Details </span></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Sophia Nash &#8211; Featured Beau Monde Author</title>
		<link>http://main.thebeaumonde.com/archives/3434</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 01:47:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SuziLove</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sophia Nash’s first three novels won eight national awards including the prestigious RITA Award and a spot on the American Library Association's “Top Ten Romances of the Year.” Sophia was born in Switzerland, raised in France and the United States, but says her heart resides in Regency England]]></description>
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