Saturday, December 1, 2001

Mr. Beard's Regency Tour Index Page

Here is the archive of all my Mr. Beard's Regency Tour entries on Regency/Late Georgian England:


Day 1: The Regency Defined and the Madness of King George
Day 2: The Forbidden Dance, The Waltz
Day 3: The Ghost of Agincout and the English Artemis, Archery in Regency England
Day 4: Phantasmagoria, The Regency Horror Show
Day 5: The Mighty Enchantress, the Gothic Queen, Ann Radcliffe
Day 6: Classy Bloodsuckers and the Modern Prometheus, Two Pillars of Horror Birthed in the Regency
Day 7: Bad Boy, Super Poet, and Greek Patriot, Lord Byron: Part I: A Scandalous Life
Day 8: Bad Boy, Super Poet, and Greek Patriot, Lord Byron: Part II: Brooding Poetic Heroes and Dissing Your Contemporaries
Day 9: Lord Byron Part III: Luddite lover and Greek Insurgent
Day 10: Luddites: The frame-breakers
Day 11: Not Getting Your Hands Dirty, A Proper Gentleman
Day 12: How about a rubber of the popular Regency card game, whist?
Day 13: Married over the anvil: Gretna Green
Day 14: Good Fences Make Good Neighbors: Enclosure
Day 15: What's a Little War Between Fashionable Friends? English respect for the French during the Regency
Day 16: Jane in 855 words--A Brief Biography of Jane Austen
Day 17: Smooth Roads and Criminals: The Turnpike System
Day 18: Guerrillas and the Peninsular War: What's the French Word for Ulcer? (Posted to EFHA blog)
Day 19: Steal a book, seven-years' hard labor overseas: Transportation as punishment in the 17th-19th centuries (Posted to EFHA blog)

Friday, January 1, 1999

The Emerald City

THE EMERALD CITY
Young Adult Urban Fantasy


When her parents die, teenager Gail Dorjee retreats into an angry, sarcastic shell. She hopes it will ease her pain, but all it gets her is a one-way trip from Kansas to a Seattle boarding school, the elite Osland Academy.

As soon as she arrives, Gail clashes with Diana, the leader of the school's most powerful clique. The Winged make Gail's life hell until she find allies: her airhead roommate; a cowardly fellow victim of the Winged; and, bit by bit, Diana's boyfriend--the seemingly heartless Nick.

Gail soon has bigger problems than Diana. One of her teachers hates her. Glasses shatter and fountains erupt around her. She can't swear no matter how hard she tries. An unseen force is keeping her on campus. And worst of all, she uncovers a plot that will give one person a precious gift at the cost of thousands of lives. Now Gail and her friends must stop the plot--not just to save lives, but to win a brain, the nerve, a heart and a home in this modern urban fantasy take on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.


THE EMERALD CITY is currently available in ebook format at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, iBooks/iTunes, and Smashwords.


ALL J.A. BEARD RELEASES




YA Urban Fantasy

The Osland Trilogy



Fantasy 


Regency Paranormal Romance