I've been invited to enjoy a role-playing experience set in the regency era. I want to be as prepared as possible and admittedly know very little of the era, so I was wondering if anyone could suggest a good first step? Maybe one that does a good job of explaining the hierarchy of classes and the like. Even better, if someone knew of an educational title such as a visual dictionary, that'd be outstanding.
by MohawKappa
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In addition to a nonfiction book, it might be easier to absorb some of this info by reading a well-researched historical novel. Georgette Heyer wrote regency novels and she is famous for the amount of research that she did for these books. You could also read books from that era, which would give a good sense of how people spoke during those times — Jane Austen is always a good place to start.
Georgette Heyer and Jane Austen for fiction, for research Georgette Heyer’s Regency World by Jennifer Kloester, and this list was very helpful for me!
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/93733.Best_Regency_England_History_Research_Book
“Jane Austen’s England” by Roy and Lesley Adkins is a great source.