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 ...

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 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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...