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Rachel Knowles

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Born

The United Kingdom

Website

https://www.regencyhistory.net/rachel-knowles

Genre

Historical Fiction, Romance, History

Influences

Jane Austen, Georgette Heyer

Member Since

September 2012

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Rachel writes faith-based Regency romance with rich historical detail.

Already addicted to happy endings, Rachel first read Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice at the age of thirteen and fell in love, not only with Mr Darcy, but with the entire Regency period.

Since 2011, she has been blogging about her research on the Regency History blog. She writes historical non-fiction based on this research.

Rachel lives in the beautiful Georgian seaside town of Weymouth, Dorset, on the south coast of England, with her husband, Andrew. They have four grown-up daughters and a growing number of grandchildren.
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Average rating: 4.23 · 915 ratings · 222 reviews · 8 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Disappointed Daughter 4.30 avg rating — 241 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Perfect Match (The Merry Romances, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 185 ratings — published 2015 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What Regency Women Did for Us 3.85 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Engaging Miss Shaw (Hearts of the Hall #2) 4.39 avg rating — 94 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Reason for Romance (The Merry Romances, #2) 4.41 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Single Obsession (The Merry Romances #3) 4.54 avg rating — 71 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Miss Vincent's Vow (Women of Weymouth #1) 4.35 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2024 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Miss Harding's Hope 4.33 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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New Regency History website coming soon

We're launching a new version of this website in the spring of 2024.

That's why we've not added much new material this year.

Watch out for new site coming soon.

It will include much of the content from this site - and more besides!

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“Seeing his face so soft and full of concern made her heart melt like sealing wax over her father’s letters. And Peyton had already stamped his mark into the tender mess.”
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