On February 1, 1884, the first volume of the Oxford English Dictionary was published. The OED is still, to this day, considered the standard for the English language and includes exceptionally detailed entries about nearly every word in English. Alas, today’s Word of the Week, prevarication, would not be found in the OED for some [...]
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479 years ago, on January 25, 1533, King Henry VIII of England secretly married his second wife, Anne Boleyn, who was already carrying the future Queen Elizabeth I. Henry and Anne’s relationship was a rocky one – particularly since he was king of the country and already married to someone else. But one should never [...]
The Duke is Mine
Betrothed since birth to the heir of a dukedom, Miss Olivia Lytton has spent her entire life undergoing a “duchification” process to make her into the perfect future duchess. Too bad it didn’t really work. While her twin sister Georgiana is the perfect young lady, Olivia is outspoken, headstrong and far too curvy to ever [...]
