The Regency era is Jane Austen’s England. I have not yet read the three books before this, but that did not keep me from enjoying Valour and Vanity tremendously, and it should not stop you from picking up any book from this series either.
Valour and Vanity ( Kindle here) is the fourth of Mary Robinette Kowal’s Regency England histories that follow the couple Vincent and Jane, and their families. If you wanted to use this style in your home, you could do something like this. I, for one, wouldn’t mind coming home to that one bit. Ornate archways reach up to their vaulted ceiling. Outside the glass walls, the landscape appears perhaps a bit more vivid than it would in real life–a relief from their claustrophobic dreariness. A fire warms the place up and allows them to cook dinner. Their bed stayed its same old wooden self, but they made the floor appear as if it were a gray stone. Vincent turns their small, low-ceilinged room into a beautiful orangery with views of the countryside.
You know I’m a big believer in decorating your home to lift your spirits. After staying in a downright dreary small room for their apartment, they use glamour (super cool illusion-making magic) to make their hopefully temporary home look better than it seems.
In the book, Jane and Vincent face all kinds of trials after they lose all of their money and are stranded in Murano. I completely enjoyed it, and you all should, too. Last week I finished Valour and Vanity by Mary Robinette Kowal.
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