Harlots Season Two Trailer

On July 11, Harlots, season two premiered on Hulu. I enjoyed the first season so I hope to finally begin catching up with this one. If you haven't seen it yet, I feel it's worth checking out, and I'm pleased to see Liv Tyler in it this time around!

Five Princesses

The five daughters of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert:

 Victoria, Princess Royal: 1857 by Franz Xaver Winterhalter

Princess Alice: 1859 by Franz Xaver Winterhalter

 Princess Helena: 1861 by Franz Xaver Winterhalter

 Princess Louise: 1864 by Albert Grafle

 Princess Beatrice: 1874 by Henry Richard Graves

Happy Valentines' Day!

May today be a day of love of any kind for you all! Here's some links to help set the mood, classical style!
AccuRadio: A Classical Valentine
99 Most Essential Romantic Masterpieces
100 Best Romantic Classics
100 Best Romantic Piano Classics

Historical Princesses-Pt. 2

More from the marvelous Shoomlah, this time the ladies donning some 18 or 19th century gowns...enjoy and remember to show her some love!

Belle: circa 1770s

Rapunzel: circa 1820

Snow gown

Coronation gown

Elsa: circa 1830s-40s

Cinderella: circa mid 1860s

Ariel: circa 1890s

Gorgeous Jewelry from Alchemy Gothic

If you are in want of some lovely hardware and have some money to spend, have a look at these pretty cool 18th century inspired pieces from the UK based Alchemy Gothic:
Coffin Drop Cameo earrings and matching necklace
Marie Antoinette earrings and matching necklace (which I plan on getting)
Memento For A Highwayman earrings and matching necklace

Harmonia Post: 1801

You can have a listen to it here!

Cool Cookbooks

I recently found some era related cookbooks that I wanted to share...as I have discovered I have extended my love of the past to includes cooking era appropriate meals! If you feel the same, you may want to have a look at these:

• Cooking in Europe, 1650-1850
  
• Georgian Cookery: Recipes and History
• Dinner With Tom Jones: Eighteenth-Century Cookery Adapted for the Modern Kitchen
• The Country House Dining Room
• Food & Cooking in Eighteenth-Century Britain
• Food & Cooking in Nineteenth-Century Britain: History and Recipes
• Cooking with Jane Austen
• The Jane Austen Cookbook
• Jane Austen and Food
• Jane Austen's Table
• Dinner with Jane Austen
• Tea with Jane Austen
• Victorian Cookery: Recipes and History
• Food and Cooking in Victorian England: A History
• The Victorian Cookbook
• The Great Victorian Cookbook
• The Victorian Kitchen

And last but not least, the ancestor of Victorian Cookbooks: Mrs. Beeton's Cookery Book and Household Guide