history Archives - Regina Kammer https://reginakammer.com/tag/history/ Provocative historical romance and contemporary romance with a touch of history Sat, 15 Nov 2025 20:19:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/reginakammer.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/GenWifeCrop500x500.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 history Archives - Regina Kammer https://reginakammer.com/tag/history/ 32 32 46495023 Observe The Absinthe Drinkers https://reginakammer.com/absinthe-drinkers/ Mon, 10 Apr 2023 08:30:35 +0000 https://reginakammer.com/?p=8856 Preface I originally wrote this art-historical essay about The Absinthe Drinkers by Jean-François Raffaëlli (1850-1924) for another project entirely separate from my author life. I include it now as context and background material to my Victorian erotic romance stories. Book … Continue reading →

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]]> 8856 Sex and the Seasoned Romance https://reginakammer.com/sex-seasoned-romance/ Sun, 12 Mar 2023 10:30:57 +0000 https://reginakammer.com?p=6277 In 2018, I was on a Seasoned Romance panel at the Emerald City Writers Conference. My topic was “Sex and the Seasoned Romance”. I was recently reminded of this presentation when another author posted a rather shocking comment in a … Continue reading →

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]]> 6277 Getting to know me: Betty Bolte’s Musings 2020 https://reginakammer.com/get-to-know-me-betty-musings/ Wed, 22 Sep 2021 05:49:18 +0000 https://reginakammer.com/?p=8170 This re-post of an interview I did with romance author Betty Bolte is the fourth in a series of blog interviews I’ve done over the years. The first post explains my purpose. Betty Bolte’s Interview Today’s post is from a … Continue reading →

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]]> 8170 Romancing the Throne, Part 2: The Eunuch’s Submission https://reginakammer.com/romancing-throne-2/ Mon, 07 Oct 2019 02:05:22 +0000 https://reginakammer.com?p=5057 In the opulent palace of Ctesiphon, the capital of ancient Parthia, lives a princess who searches for the stolen throne of her kingdom, the sella regia. She engages the services of a palace eunuch in her quest, a handsome and … Continue reading →

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]]> 5057 Romancing the Throne, or, The History of a Parthian Love Story https://reginakammer.com/romancing-the-throne-or-the-history-of-a-parthian-love-story/ Wed, 31 May 2017 19:24:09 +0000 http://reginakammer.com/?p=4250 Naughty Getaways: Eleven Sultry Stories is out! And it includes my ancient world romance, “An Unexpected Discovery” set in Parthia, the kingdom to the east of the Roman Empire. My heroine, Roedogune, is based on an actual historic figure, a … Continue reading →

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]]> 4250 Writing Inspiration: One Island, Two Stories https://reginakammer.com/writing-inspiration-island/ Fri, 04 Nov 2016 22:33:52 +0000 http://reginakammer.com/?p=3862 Undamaged: A Dallas Fire & Rescue Kindle World Novella, released in October, and my upcoming novelette Disputed Boundaries, appearing in the Naughty Flames: Eleven Fiery Romances boxed set, form part of my Stories from The San Juan Islands collection. Both … Continue reading →

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]]> 3862 New Mini-Anthology 99¢ Sale! Imperial Warriors is out! https://reginakammer.com/new-mini-anthology/ Wed, 08 Jun 2016 19:24:17 +0000 http://reginakammer.com/?p=3360 Imperial Warriors: Two Scorching Tales of the Roman Empire is out! This mini-anthology includes previously published stories now available together for the first time. “The Promise of Memory” was published in Hot Highlanders and Wild Warriors, and “Protecting Her” was … Continue reading →

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]]> 3360 Victorians: Hysteria and the Vibrator, Part Two: The Vibrator https://reginakammer.com/victorians-hysteria-vibrator-part-two-vibrator/ https://reginakammer.com/victorians-hysteria-vibrator-part-two-vibrator/#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2016 08:30:24 +0000 http://reginakammer.com/?p=3125 In Part One of this blog miniseries, we learned how Victorian doctors defined “hysteria” and how they treated it. Spoiler alert: doctors used various methods of stimulation to bring women to achieve the “hysterical paroxysm”, i.e., an orgasm. Around 1879, … Continue reading →

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]]> https://reginakammer.com/victorians-hysteria-vibrator-part-two-vibrator/feed/ 1 3125 Victorians: Hysteria and the Vibrator, Part One: Hysteria https://reginakammer.com/victorians-hysteria-vibrator-part-one-hysteria/ https://reginakammer.com/victorians-hysteria-vibrator-part-one-hysteria/#comments Wed, 06 Apr 2016 19:36:29 +0000 http://reginakammer.com/?p=3109 I recently saw a revival of the play In The Next Room, Or The Vibrator Play by Sarah Ruhl. In case you haven’t heard about this play it takes place in upstate New York in the 1880s. A doctor provides … Continue reading →

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]]> https://reginakammer.com/victorians-hysteria-vibrator-part-one-hysteria/feed/ 1 3109 Vikings in Byzantium https://reginakammer.com/vikings-in-byzantium/ Wed, 08 Jul 2015 07:15:35 +0000 http://reginakammer.com/?p=2254 Hi everyone! I’m over at the blog for Conquests: An Anthology of Smoldering Viking Romance today talking about my story in that anthology. I’ve posted it below, as well. [UPDATE: “Protecting Her” has been re-issued in Imperial Warriors: Two Scorching … Continue reading →

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