title: The Mistress's Black Veil: A Pride and Prejudice Vagary
author:  M. K. Baxley 
description: Resources for the historical research used in <i><b>The Mistress's Black Veil</b></i>.<br /><br />For those of you familiar with my work, you know that I usually include a resource page with my sources listed near the end of my books. This time, however, I omitted that page, as it is not required to have one. But, in lieu of several questions concerning the historical accuracy of TMBV, I have decided to release my sources in this editorial. They include:<br /><br /><i>Harriette Wilson's Memoirs: The Greatest Courtesan of her Age,</i> edited by Lesley Blanch, <i>Courtesans</i> by Katie Hickman, <i>Beau Brummel </i>by Ian Kelly, <i>Voices from the World of Jane Austen </i>by Malcolm Day, <i>The Book of the Courtesans: A Catalogue of Their Virtues</i> by Susan Griffin, <i>The Courtesans: The Demi-Moude in 19th Century France</i> by Joanna Richardson, <i>City of Women</i> by Christine Stansell, <i>Temptress </i>by Jane Billinghurst, <i>The Lady Scandalous</i> by Jo Manning. <br /><br />There were several Wikipedia articles which were also used as well as information gleaned from other works of literature written in the Regency period such as <i>Fanny Hill</i> and the Victorian works of Charles Dickens, written a few years later. The Regency period was a very boisterous era. The morals of the age were set by the Royal Family--George IV, better known as the Prince Regent, and his brother, William IV, who succeeded him on the throne, in particular. When their niece, Victoria, took the throne, she and Albert brought about the change of strict mores many are acquainted with and the Victorian Age began, along with many reforms which had their beginnings in the Regency Era and are addressed in TMBV. <br /><br /><b>The Mistress's Black Veil</b> was very well researched, but as with all well researched works of fiction, poetic license was used in places to suit the purpose of this story.<br /><br />MKBaxley
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  ROXLEY HOUSE
  
  Northern England, 1788
  
  As much as she wished to, Margaret Hollyoak could not ignore the rogue who
  lounged on the sofa across from her. He was simply too large. To not see him
  would require closing her eyes, and she was far too well-bred to even
  contemplate any such thing. Instead she sipped her tea and willed the seconds
  of this horrendous meeting to hurry by so they could both move on to something
  more pleasant.
  
  Eight days.
  
  That was how long she was trapped here. She glanced at the chaperone - a firm-
  faced maid her hosts had provided b