Paullett Golden

Is the Sir Mystery you met in the ballroom a Baronet or a Knight?

How comfortable might that lady's side saddle really be?

How might we determine at a soiree if a lady is truly accomplished?

Where might you go if you you needed a smallpox inoculation?

Before hospital births, what was a mother-to-be to do?

Would the hero be seen as effeminate if he played music? Would the heroine be seen as masculine if she played a wind instrument?

Would an aristocratic composer be socially accepted? This post explores aristocrats dipping their nibs into music composition.