![November 1816, a month of major events!](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/November-1816-calendar.jpg?h=450)
November 1816, a month of major events!
![Rosings Park in Kent, the residence of Lady Catherine and Anne de Bourgh](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Rosings-Park.jpeg?h=450)
Rosings Park in Kent, the residence of Lady Catherine and Anne de Bourgh
![Lady Catherine de Bourgh](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lady-Catherine.jpg?h=450)
Lady Catherine de Bourgh
![Lady Catherine's express letter to Lord Matlock](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/letter.jpg?h=450)
Lady Catherine's express letter to Lord Matlock
letter
![Lady Catherine's seal and gold wax sticks](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/wax-seal.jpg?h=450)
Lady Catherine's seal and gold wax sticks
![Miss Anne de Bourgh](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Anne-deBourgh.jpg?h=450)
Miss Anne de Bourgh
![Mrs. Jenkinson, Anne de Bourgh's companion](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/MrsJenkinson-reading.jpeg?h=450)
Mrs. Jenkinson, Anne de Bourgh's companion
![Swing hanging from a huge oak at Rosings Park](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Rosings-swing.jpg?h=450)
Swing hanging from a huge oak at Rosings Park
![Countess of Starkley](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lady-Starkley.jpg?h=450)
Countess of Starkley
![Lady Starkley's vinaigrette](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/vinaigrette.jpg?h=450)
Lady Starkley's vinaigrette
vinaigrette
![Grosvenor Square in London, etching dated 1813](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Grosvenor-Square-north1813.jpg?h=450)
Grosvenor Square in London, etching dated 1813
![Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Fitzwilliam-Darcy.jpg?h=450)
Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy
![Coffee mug and pot of silver](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/coffee-set.jpg?h=450)
Coffee mug and pot of silver
![Darcy's writing desk at Darcy House](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/writing-desk.jpg?h=450)
Darcy's writing desk at Darcy House
![Darcy's journal](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/journal.jpg?h=450)
Darcy's journal
journal
![Mr. Darcy goes shopping! Oxford Street is probably not the best street to start on. 1813 etching of Tyburn Turnpike on Oxford Street.](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Oxford-Street.jpg?h=450)
Mr. Darcy goes shopping! Oxford Street is probably not the best street to start on. 1813 etching of Tyburn Turnpike on Oxford Street.
![1810 view of Piccadilly, the street with the famous "circus" roundabout, via the Hyde Park Corner](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Piccadilly1810.jpg?h=450)
1810 view of Piccadilly, the street with the famous "circus" roundabout, via the Hyde Park Corner
Piccadilly1810
![An 1827 etching from Ackermann's of Pall Mall, the major shopping area of London](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Pall-Mall-1827.jpg?h=450)
An 1827 etching from Ackermann's of Pall Mall, the major shopping area of London
![Harding, Howell & Co. shopping mall on Pall Mall, arguably the world's first true "mall" for shopping](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Harding-Howell-mall.jpg?h=450)
Harding, Howell & Co. shopping mall on Pall Mall, arguably the world's first true "mall" for shopping
![March 1809 article in Ackermann's Repository describing Harding, Howell, & Co.](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Harding-Howell-1809Ackermann.jpg?h=450)
March 1809 article in Ackermann's Repository describing Harding, Howell, & Co.
![Famed actresses assisting Mr. Darcy in buying gifts for his bride-to-be](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Actresses.jpg?h=450)
Famed actresses assisting Mr. Darcy in buying gifts for his bride-to-be
Actresses
![Cape/stole and muff of ermine](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/ermine-muff-stole.jpg?h=450)
Cape/stole and muff of ermine
![Hand-held fire shield](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/fire-screen.jpg?h=450)
Hand-held fire shield
![French Limoges scents in an enameled floral chest](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/French-Limoges-Box.jpg?h=450)
French Limoges scents in an enameled floral chest
![Quizzing glass of gold and turquoise](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/quizzing-glass.jpg?h=450)
Quizzing glass of gold and turquoise
![Beautiful gloves and a lacquered glove box](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/glove-box-and-gloves.jpg?h=450)
Beautiful gloves and a lacquered glove box
![Gold hair combs](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/hair-comb.jpg?h=450)
Gold hair combs
![Two reticules](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/purses.jpg?h=450)
Two reticules
purses
![Two sewing thimbles with cases](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/thimbles.jpg?h=450)
Two sewing thimbles with cases
thimbles
![Silver, gold, and mother-of-pearl mirror](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/vanity-mirror.jpg?h=450)
Silver, gold, and mother-of-pearl mirror
![Silver vanity set, a wedding gift from Darcy](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/vanity-set.jpg?h=450)
Silver vanity set, a wedding gift from Darcy
![Gloucester Coffee House on Piccadilly, an etching by James Pollard (1792-1867)](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Gloucester-Coffee-House.jpg?h=450)
Gloucester Coffee House on Piccadilly, an etching by James Pollard (1792-1867)
![Elizabeth Bennet](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Elizabeth-Darcy.jpg?h=450)
Elizabeth Bennet
![Jane Bennet](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Jane-Bennet.jpg?h=450)
Jane Bennet
![Bennet sisters busily shopping, first at the millinery shop](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/milliner-shop.jpg?h=450)
Bennet sisters busily shopping, first at the millinery shop
![1807 etching of Wedgewood Bath shop in London](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Wedgewood-Bath-shop1807.jpg?h=450)
1807 etching of Wedgewood Bath shop in London
![1809 etching of Pellat and Green Glassmakers](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Pellatt-Green-glass-makers1809.jpg?h=450)
1809 etching of Pellat and Green Glassmakers
![1816 etching of Ross Perfumery on Bishopsgate Street in London](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Ross-Perfumery1816.jpg?h=450)
1816 etching of Ross Perfumery on Bishopsgate Street in London
![D.R. Harris and Co. Opened in 1790, it is London’s oldest pharmacy, specializing in shaving products, aftershaves and colognes, and skin-care products.](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/London-pharmacy-Harris1790.jpg?h=450)
D.R. Harris and Co. Opened in 1790, it is London’s oldest pharmacy, specializing in shaving products, aftershaves and colognes, and skin-care products.
![Front entrance door of Darcy House on Grosvenor Square](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/DH-front-door.jpg?h=450)
Front entrance door of Darcy House on Grosvenor Square
![DEAREST ring Mr. Darcy gives to Elizabeth to mark their engagement](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/DEAREST-ring-box.jpg?h=450)
DEAREST ring Mr. Darcy gives to Elizabeth to mark their engagement
![Lizzy's official engagement ring, previously given to Darcy's mother by his father](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Elizabeth-engagement-ring.jpg?h=450)
Lizzy's official engagement ring, previously given to Darcy's mother by his father
![Sapphire and diamond necklace](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Sapphire-necklace.jpg?h=450)
Sapphire and diamond necklace
![Meyer & Mortimer Tailors. Ledger includes the Prince Regent! Look closely... maybe Mr. Darcy is listed too.](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/MeyerMortimer-tailors-book.jpg?h=450)
Meyer & Mortimer Tailors. Ledger includes the Prince Regent! Look closely... maybe Mr. Darcy is listed too.
![Mr. Darcy's fancy wedding waistcoat](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Darcy-wedding-waistcoat.jpg?h=450)
Mr. Darcy's fancy wedding waistcoat
![York's Coffee House near Green Park in London](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Yorks-Coffeehouse.jpg?h=450)
York's Coffee House near Green Park in London
![Colonel Richard Fitzwilliam](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Richard-Fitzwilliam.jpg?h=450)
Colonel Richard Fitzwilliam
![Miss Georgiana Darcy](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Georgiana-Darcy.jpg?h=450)
Miss Georgiana Darcy
![Würth cutlery set in a leather case, set date: 1780](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Wurth-flatware1780-scaled.jpg?h=450)
Würth cutlery set in a leather case, set date: 1780
![Compagnie des Indes tea set dates from the Yongzheng Period (1723-1735)](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Compagnie-des-Indes.jpg?h=450)
Compagnie des Indes tea set dates from the Yongzheng Period (1723-1735)
![Afternoon tea with Miss Darcy](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/afternoon-tea.jpg?h=450)
Afternoon tea with Miss Darcy
![Mr. Travers, Darcy House butler](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/MrTravers.jpg?h=450)
Mr. Travers, Darcy House butler
MrTravers
![Mrs. Smyth, Darcy House housekeeper](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/MrsSmyth.jpg?h=450)
Mrs. Smyth, Darcy House housekeeper
MrsSmyth
![Darcy House library, the section with Darcy's desk and office](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/DH-desk.jpg?h=450)
Darcy House library, the section with Darcy's desk and office
![Darcy's swivel chair. First swivel chair invented by Thomas Jefferson in 1761. This model is dated 1880.](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/swivel-chair-1880.jpg?h=450)
Darcy's swivel chair. First swivel chair invented by Thomas Jefferson in 1761. This model is dated 1880.
![Sofa in Mr. Darcy's office/library](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/library-sofa.jpg?h=450)
Sofa in Mr. Darcy's office/library
![View of Cheapside, an 1813 etching](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Cheapside-1813.jpg?h=450)
View of Cheapside, an 1813 etching
![Mr. Edward Gardiner](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Edward-Gardiner.jpg?h=450)
Mr. Edward Gardiner
![Mrs. Violet Gardiner](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Violet-Gardiner.jpg?h=450)
Mrs. Violet Gardiner
![Lizzy's bedroom at Gardiner townhouse. Note the tall mirror!](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lizzy-bedroom-mirror.jpg?h=450)
Lizzy's bedroom at Gardiner townhouse. Note the tall mirror!
![Darcy's largest, best coach](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Darcy-coach-4seater.jpg?h=450)
Darcy's largest, best coach
![A view of St. James's Square, Ackermann's etching from 1812](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/St-James-Square-1812.jpg?h=450)
A view of St. James's Square, Ackermann's etching from 1812
![Matlock townhouse located in St. James' Square](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Matlock-townhouse.jpg?h=450)
Matlock townhouse located in St. James' Square
![Matlock townhouse library](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/LordMatlock-library.jpg?h=450)
Matlock townhouse library
![Earl of Matlock](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lord-Matlock.jpg?h=450)
Earl of Matlock
![Countess of Matlock](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lady-Matlock.jpg?h=450)
Countess of Matlock
![Mr. Jonathan Fitzwilliam](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Jonathan-Fitzwilliam.jpg?h=450)
Mr. Jonathan Fitzwilliam
![Mrs. Priscilla Fitzwilliam](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Priscilla-Fitzwilliam.jpg?h=450)
Mrs. Priscilla Fitzwilliam
![Matlock townhouse parlor](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Matlock-parlor.jpg?h=450)
Matlock townhouse parlor
![Matlock townhouse dining room](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Matlock-diningroom.jpg?h=450)
Matlock townhouse dining room
![A glass of fine wine is much like a fine man](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/wine-pouring.jpg?h=450)
A glass of fine wine is much like a fine man
![Berkeley Square, location of Mr. Bingley's townhouse, an etching dated 1813](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Berkeley-Square-1813.jpg?h=450)
Berkeley Square, location of Mr. Bingley's townhouse, an etching dated 1813
![Mr. Charles Bingley](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Charles-Bingley.jpg?h=450)
Mr. Charles Bingley
![A landau with the top folded down. Perfect for a drive around Town!](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Landau-carriage.jpg?h=450)
A landau with the top folded down. Perfect for a drive around Town!
![1720 Map of London streets surrounding St. James' Palace](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/St-James-map-1720.jpg?h=450)
1720 Map of London streets surrounding St. James' Palace
![Map/layout of St. James' Palace. Note the inner courts.](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/St-James-Palace-floor-plan.jpg?h=450)
Map/layout of St. James' Palace. Note the inner courts.
![North front of St. James' Palace, an 1819 painting by Charles Wild](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/St-James-Palace-northfront1819.jpg?h=450)
North front of St. James' Palace, an 1819 painting by Charles Wild
![Colour Court of St. James' Palace](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/St-James-Palace-Colour-Court.jpg?h=450)
Colour Court of St. James' Palace
![Coldstream Guards of St. James' Palace, painting by Harry Payne (1858-1927)](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Coldstream-Guards-Changing-Guard.jpg?h=450)
Coldstream Guards of St. James' Palace, painting by Harry Payne (1858-1927)
![1815 Palace Guards](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/palace-guards1815.jpg?h=450)
1815 Palace Guards
![Palace Guards, foot regiment](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Palace-guards.jpg?h=450)
Palace Guards, foot regiment
![Guard Change Ceremony, Colour Court, at St. James' Palace, painting date 1778](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/St-James-Palace-Mounting-Guard-1778.jpg?h=450)
Guard Change Ceremony, Colour Court, at St. James' Palace, painting date 1778
![James Frazer, famed Coldstream Regimental Band Janissay musician, 1800 painting](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Coldstream-Janissary-James-Frazer-1800.jpg?h=450)
James Frazer, famed Coldstream Regimental Band Janissay musician, 1800 painting
![Map of Charing Cross, London](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Charing-Cross-map.jpg?h=450)
Map of Charing Cross, London
![Drawing of the original Charing Cross erected in 13thC by Richard I](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Charing-Cross.jpg?h=450)
Drawing of the original Charing Cross erected in 13thC by Richard I
![Charles I monument erected at Charing Cross, etching date 1725](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CharlesI-Charing-Cross-1725.jpg?h=450)
Charles I monument erected at Charing Cross, etching date 1725
![Closeup of Charles I statue presently located in center of Charing Cross roundabout, London](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Charles-I-statue.jpg?h=450)
Closeup of Charles I statue presently located in center of Charing Cross roundabout, London
![Royal Mews at Charing Cross, etching date 1747](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Royal-Mews-1747.jpg?h=450)
Royal Mews at Charing Cross, etching date 1747
![View of the Strand from Charing Cross, Ackermann's date 1811](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Charing-Cross-1811.jpg?h=450)
View of the Strand from Charing Cross, Ackermann's date 1811
![Map of Covent Garden dated 1720](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Covent-Garden-map-1720.jpg?h=450)
Map of Covent Garden dated 1720
![Architect Inigo Jones (1573-1652), designer of Covent Garden](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/InigoJones.jpg?h=450)
Architect Inigo Jones (1573-1652), designer of Covent Garden
InigoJones
![4th Earl of Bedford, creator of Covent Garden. Painting 1636 by Henry Bone.](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Earl-Bedford.jpg?h=450)
4th Earl of Bedford, creator of Covent Garden. Painting 1636 by Henry Bone.
![Covent Garden marketplace stalls, etching date 1820](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Covent-Garden-1820.jpg?h=450)
Covent Garden marketplace stalls, etching date 1820
![View of Covent Garden Market with stalls in the piazza, etching date 1827](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Covent-Garden-1827.jpeg?h=450)
View of Covent Garden Market with stalls in the piazza, etching date 1827
![View of St. Paul's Church in Covent Garden, etching date 1737](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Covent-Garden-market-1737.jpg?h=450)
View of St. Paul's Church in Covent Garden, etching date 1737
![London market seller](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/London-Market-fruit-seller.jpg?h=450)
London market seller
![Open piazza on south side of Covent Garden, etching date 1730](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Covent-Garden-Piazza-1730.jpg?h=450)
Open piazza on south side of Covent Garden, etching date 1730
![Covered piazza on north side of Covent Garden, etching date 1768](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Covent-Garden-Piazza-1768.jpg?h=450)
Covered piazza on north side of Covent Garden, etching date 1768
![Layout of Westminster Abbey](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Westminster-Abbey-floorplan.jpg?h=450)
Layout of Westminster Abbey
![Westminster Abbey](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Westminster-Abbey-painting.jpg?h=450)
Westminster Abbey
![Westminster Abbey, etching date 1749](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Westminster-Abbey-1749.jpg?h=450)
Westminster Abbey, etching date 1749
![Westminster Abbey nave](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Westminster-Abbey-nave.jpg?h=450)
Westminster Abbey nave
![Layout of Westminster Abbey and Parliament buildings, etching date 1707](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Westminster-Parliament-1707.jpg?h=450)
Layout of Westminster Abbey and Parliament buildings, etching date 1707
![North entrance promenade of St. James' Park, etching date 1804](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/War-Office-StJames-Park.jpg?h=450)
North entrance promenade of St. James' Park, etching date 1804
![View of the promenade before the Old Horse Guards, a St. James's Park painting from 1749](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/St-James-Old-Horse-Guards-1749.jpg?h=450)
View of the promenade before the Old Horse Guards, a St. James's Park painting from 1749
![Palace private gardens & portion of St. James's Park, dated 1732](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/St-James-Park-1732.jpg?h=450)
Palace private gardens & portion of St. James's Park, dated 1732
![St. James's Park Central Canal & walkway, dated 1756](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/St-James-Park-canal-1756.jpg?h=450)
St. James's Park Central Canal & walkway, dated 1756
![Darcy House master's chambers private terrace](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/DH-private-terrace.jpg?h=450)
Darcy House master's chambers private terrace
![Vauxhall Garden, a night time symphony](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Vauxhall-Gardens.jpg?h=450)
Vauxhall Garden, a night time symphony
![Gardiner children](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Gardiner-children.jpg?h=450)
Gardiner children
![Royal Menagerie located within the Tower of London, Ackermann's July 1812](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Royal-Menagerie.jpg?h=450)
Royal Menagerie located within the Tower of London, Ackermann's July 1812
![Darcy House dining room](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/DH-diningroom2.jpg?h=450)
Darcy House dining room
![Newmarket . . . where horse racing happens!](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Newmarket-sign.jpg?h=450)
Newmarket . . . where horse racing happens!
![The Jockey Club in Newmarket](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Jockey-Club-Newmarket.jpg?h=450)
The Jockey Club in Newmarket
![Jockey Club Rooms, etching from 1825](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Jockey-Club-Rooms1825.jpg?h=450)
Jockey Club Rooms, etching from 1825
![Meeting room at the Jockey Club](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Jockey-Club-diningroom.jpg?h=450)
Meeting room at the Jockey Club
![Grosvenor Church in London](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Grosvenor-Church-London.jpg?h=450)
Grosvenor Church in London
![Grosvenor Chapel interior view of altar, with upper and lower pews](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Grosvenor-Chapel-altar.jpg?h=450)
Grosvenor Chapel interior view of altar, with upper and lower pews
![Grosvenor Chapel upper level pew boxes](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Grosvenor-Chapel-upper-pews.jpg?h=450)
Grosvenor Chapel upper level pew boxes
![Interior of Grosvenor Chapel with massive organ](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Grosvenor-Chapel-inside.jpg?h=450)
Interior of Grosvenor Chapel with massive organ
![Grosvenor Chapel organ, dating from 1732](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Grosvenor-Organ-1732.jpg?h=450)
Grosvenor Chapel organ, dating from 1732
![Royal coat of arms at Grosvenor Chapel](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Grosvenor-Chapel-Royal-Arms-.jpg?h=450)
Royal coat of arms at Grosvenor Chapel
![Lord Westingcote](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Westingcote.jpg?h=450)
Lord Westingcote
Westingcote
![His Grace, the Duke of Grafton](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Duke-Grafton.jpg?h=450)
His Grace, the Duke of Grafton
![Grosvenor Gate at Hyde Park during the Encampment, etching from 1780](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Grosvenor-Gate-1780.jpg?h=450)
Grosvenor Gate at Hyde Park during the Encampment, etching from 1780
![Newmarket Race Course, an 1909 painting by James Pollard](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Newmarket-Races-Pollard.jpg?h=450)
Newmarket Race Course, an 1909 painting by James Pollard
![Royal Exchange in London, Ackermann etching from 1812](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Royal-Exchange-1812.jpg?h=450)
Royal Exchange in London, Ackermann etching from 1812
![The Hertfordshire "bluffs" with a light dusting of snow](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Hertfordshire-bluff.jpg?h=450)
The Hertfordshire "bluffs" with a light dusting of snow
![Spyder Phaeton, perfect for privacy and snuggling](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/phaeton.jpg?h=450)
Spyder Phaeton, perfect for privacy and snuggling
phaeton
!["The Prisoner of Chillon, and Other Poems" by Lord Byron](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Byron-Prisoner-Chillon.jpg?h=450)
"The Prisoner of Chillon, and Other Poems" by Lord Byron
![Hatchard's Bookseller in London, operating since 1797](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Hatchards-Bookseller-London.jpg?h=450)
Hatchard's Bookseller in London, operating since 1797
![Gentleman's Magazine, the November 1816 edition](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Gentlemans-Mag-Nov1816.jpg?h=450)
Gentleman's Magazine, the November 1816 edition
![Netherfield Park, the Hertfordshire residence of Mr. Bingley](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Netherfield-trees.jpg?h=450)
Netherfield Park, the Hertfordshire residence of Mr. Bingley
![Mr. Darcy's 29th birthday celebration cake](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/birthday-cake-table.jpg?h=450)
Mr. Darcy's 29th birthday celebration cake
![The birthday man's special chair](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/red-bow-chair.jpg?h=450)
The birthday man's special chair
![Gold-gilt pot of steaming hot chocolate with burner to keep warm, frother, and spoon](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/chocolate-pot.jpg?h=450)
Gold-gilt pot of steaming hot chocolate with burner to keep warm, frother, and spoon
![Birthday luncheon menu: salmagundi, stewed oysters, salver of fruit, Scotch eggs, spinach soufflé, turtle soup, and beef a la mode](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/birthday-dinner.jpg?h=450)
Birthday luncheon menu: salmagundi, stewed oysters, salver of fruit, Scotch eggs, spinach soufflé, turtle soup, and beef a la mode
![Entertainment hour treats: ratafia cakes, lemon biscuits, apple fritters, and coffee wafers](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/birthday-treats.jpg?h=450)
Entertainment hour treats: ratafia cakes, lemon biscuits, apple fritters, and coffee wafers
![Book of charades, riddles, & conundrums, the 1812 edition](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Charade-book.jpg?h=450)
Book of charades, riddles, & conundrums, the 1812 edition
![Playing blindman's bluff](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/blindmans-bluff.jpg?h=450)
Playing blindman's bluff
![Time for tea! Set dating 1790](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/teaset1790.jpg?h=450)
Time for tea! Set dating 1790
teaset1790
![Gift from Charles: a Michael Nouwen gold pocket watch, date: 1600-1610](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Michael-Nouwen-watch-1600.jpg?h=450)
Gift from Charles: a Michael Nouwen gold pocket watch, date: 1600-1610
![Gift from Georgiana, to wear at the wedding: A sapphire, amber and diamond cravat pin](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/cravat-pin.jpg?h=450)
Gift from Georgiana, to wear at the wedding: A sapphire, amber and diamond cravat pin
![A second gift from Georgiana: a new riding crop](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/riding-crop.jpg?h=450)
A second gift from Georgiana: a new riding crop
![From Elizabeth: "Paradise Lost" by John Milton, first edition 1667](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Milton-Paradise-lost.jpg?h=450)
From Elizabeth: "Paradise Lost" by John Milton, first edition 1667
![Bookmark gift from Elizabeth with Biblical quote "The Two Shall Become One Flesh"](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Darcys-bookmark.jpg?h=450)
Bookmark gift from Elizabeth with Biblical quote "The Two Shall Become One Flesh"
![Netherfield dining room](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Netherfield-dining.jpg?h=450)
Netherfield dining room
![Migrating woodcock](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/woodcock.jpg?h=450)
Migrating woodcock
woodcock
![Longbourn Manor, home of the Bennets](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Longbourn1.jpg?h=450)
Longbourn Manor, home of the Bennets
Longbourn1
![Mrs. Bennet](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Mrs-Bennet.jpg?h=450)
Mrs. Bennet
![Mary Bennet](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Mary-Bennet.jpg?h=450)
Mary Bennet
![Kitty Bennet](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Kitty-Bennet.jpg?h=450)
Kitty Bennet
![Darcy bedchamber while at Netherfield](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Darcy-Netherfield-bedchamber.jpg?h=450)
Darcy bedchamber while at Netherfield
![Lizzy's packed belongings waiting for transport to Pemberley](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lizzy-luggage.jpg?h=450)
Lizzy's packed belongings waiting for transport to Pemberley
![Sturdy wagon for precious cargo](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/cargo-wagon.jpg?h=450)
Sturdy wagon for precious cargo
![Farmer's Almanack, year 1816](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Farmers-Almanack1816.jpg?h=450)
Farmer's Almanack, year 1816
![Hertfordshire landscape and walking trail](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Hertfordshire-trail.jpg?h=450)
Hertfordshire landscape and walking trail
![A small copse of willow trees encompassing Lizzy's "willow bench"](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/willows.jpg?h=450)
A small copse of willow trees encompassing Lizzy's "willow bench"
willows
![Samuel Oliver, Darcy's manservant](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Samuel-Oliver.jpg?h=450)
Samuel Oliver, Darcy's manservant
![A wedding gift from Samuel Oliver: sapphire and diamond cufflinks](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/cufflinks.jpg?h=450)
A wedding gift from Samuel Oliver: sapphire and diamond cufflinks
cufflinks
![Jacob's Ladder flowers in varied shades of blue & purple](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Jacobs-Ladder.jpg?h=450)
Jacob's Ladder flowers in varied shades of blue & purple
![Reverend Jenney, Meryton church's Anglican priest](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Reverend-Jenney.jpg?h=450)
Reverend Jenney, Meryton church's Anglican priest
![All Soul's Trinity Church, Meryton in Hertfordshire](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Meryton-church.jpg?h=450)
All Soul's Trinity Church, Meryton in Hertfordshire
![Church interior, a perfect wedding location](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/wedding-chapel-interior.jpg?h=450)
Church interior, a perfect wedding location
![Elizabeth's wedding gown](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lizzy-wedding-gown.jpg?h=450)
Elizabeth's wedding gown
![Book of Common Prayer, this rare book dated 1706](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Book-Common-Prayer1706.jpg?h=450)
Book of Common Prayer, this rare book dated 1706
![Solemnization of Matrimony from the Book of Common Prayer](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Common-Prayer-Matrimony.jpg?h=450)
Solemnization of Matrimony from the Book of Common Prayer
![Parish church registry England, this example dating 1818](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/parish-register1818.jpg?h=450)
Parish church registry England, this example dating 1818
![Off on their honeymoon in Darcy's travel chariot](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/traveling-coach.jpg?h=450)
Off on their honeymoon in Darcy's travel chariot
![First steps to start the journey of happily ever after!](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/traveling-coach-steps.jpg?h=450)
First steps to start the journey of happily ever after!
![Luxury carriage comfort for an intimate beginning to happily ever after!](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Darcy-coach-interior.jpg?h=450)
Luxury carriage comfort for an intimate beginning to happily ever after!