Etiquette books of the era concentrated ... theater in Victorian days and she said yes, he was to secure the best seats within his means. Of course, this was after sending her a written invitation ...

Anne Sykes’s collection of fabric remnants, lovingly preserved in an album, documents not merely her life but the Victorian era. Credit...via Pegasus Books Supported by By Raissa Bretaña When ...

But there’s another era in history that deserves its due as a pitch-perfect setting for romance books: the Victorian era ... series focused on a less-written-about community of the time.

As the Victorian era began in 1837 ... in medical journals, in history books and in every biography of the man ever written. But this story doesn't just shape the reputation of Liston himself.

But Miller faithfully responded to every request the curator made, sending her image after image of the ... Sparky,” Karr Schmidt joked. The books — written in Latin, French and German ...

Chromium has shown up in Victorian yellows, and mercury in the era’s intense reds. Arsenic, the most toxic of these chemicals, has been found in 300 books ... the book — written by “Ivanhoe ...

In recent books, French has borrowed elements of the western genre to explore corporate rapacity in the era of climate change ... writing in the 1970s, he has written avidly and brilliantly ...

Times — and The Times — have changed since the first Festival of Books was held in 1996 ... Plus, don’t miss our reporting on one of the era’s most influential poetry organizations ...

LEILA FADEL, HOST: The Poison Book Project is working to identify old books that contain toxic pigments like arsenic, which made Victorian-era books in the 1800s more eye-catching. Melissa Tedone ...