"Regency Sins" is available on line for the world, and in bookstores for the UK beginning Jan. 3rd. it's a Beautiful book, as you can see from the cover. It's also a two for one! Two novels in one: Pickpocket Countess and Notorious Rake, Innocent Lady. It's the 12th of 12 books Mills and Boon have put out as 'author anthologies,' Others in this series include "Regency Innocents" and "Regency Scandals,"
On p. 185 in Chapter 14, Valerian and Phillippa and her brother, Beldon, have a dinner conversation about a man named Bickford who is patenting a new kind of fuse for blasting in the mines. Valerian and Beldon decide to ride over the next day and talk with him about his invention. The Bickford fuse was a big step forward for mining safety since it took away a significant amount of risk miners faced when lighting the traditional reed fuses. Bickford did exist, he did craft this fuse and did design his own production line for mass producing that fuse in the 1830s. If you're interested in reading about this piece of Cornish mining history, try this link: http://www.cornwall-calling.co.uk/famous-cornish-people/bickford.htm
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