If we are to believe novelists, England in the 1700s and 1800s featured two kinds of women: those who sat at home stewing about lost suitors, and con artists. It used to be that books featured a ...

In the late 1800s, a man named William Terriss rocked the theater world in a way only rivaled by modern Hollywood actors. Terriss had it all: the acting chops, the good looks, the ladies ...

The sweets were replaced by small gifts and paper hats in the late Victorian period, and remain in this form as an essential part of a modern Christmas. Decorating the home at Christmas also ...

In the late 1800s, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert inspired ... Prince Albert is usually credited with having introduced the Christmas tree into England in 1840 after he and Queen Victoria ...