The Regency Country Cottage!

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Today I am blogging at the Word Wenches on the Regency country cottage and the fact that the "mean habitations" of the villagers were a far cry from the rustic prettiness of the "gentleman's cottage." Visit the Word Wenches blog here!

Meanwhile I have a giveaway here on the blog! Mary Gramlich "The Reading Reviewer" located at www.marygramlich.com has very kindly donated her Advanced Reading Copy of Whisper of Scandal along with a lovely book mark to celebrate the start next month of my new series. If you would like to enter the contest for this ARC please go to her website and tell me what there is a picture of at the bottom left hand corner of her home page. Clue: It's most appropriate for "The Reading Reviewer"! Email me the answer at ncornick@madasafish.com for the chance to win!

Comments

margaret blake said…
What a lovely cottage - will move in when I win the lottery.
9 August 2010 at 19:18
Beth Elliott said…
Is that a dovecote in the roof? Talk about billing and cooing....
9 August 2010 at 22:44
Nicola Cornick said…
It's gorgeous, isn't it! Have either of you been to Blaise Hamlet? It is the ultimate chocolate box village. I think having so many tourists tramping past you door would be very trying though.
10 August 2010 at 10:44
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