Regency Haircuts and Disguises in Lady Wynwood’s Spies In this excerpt from Lady Wynwood’s Spies, Volume 8: Traitor , Phoebe prepares for a dangerous mission—one that requires her to disguise herself as a young man. The hairstyle she receives, called a Brutus cut, was actually quite fashionable during the Regency. Read on to find out more about this curious trend and why it suited her new identity so well. Excerpt from Lady Wynwood’s Spies, Volume 8: Traitor : By far, the absolute worst part of Uncle Sol’s plan was that Phoebe had to cut her hair. Of the four agents, Phoebe and Mr. Coulton-Jones would be the least likely to be recognized when they entered the Ramparts building—Mr. Coulton-Jones, because of his skill in altering his facial features and his posture, and Phoebe, because she could play a convincing young man, which no one would expect. A disreputable hat would hide her long hair to an extent, but it would not fool anyone who looked closely. Also, because she would lo...
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And about the chicken mummy...we homeschool and are going to be studying mummies in a couple of weeks...so that's why we're going to mummify King Cluck! lol!! In all honesty, I'm having some trouble with using a whole chicken (the roaster type from the store)because I keep on thinking that there are people out there that would love to actually eat that chicken...and here we would be mummifying it...so I may just have to use a chicken breasticle...aren't you glad you asked! lol!! I guess you didn't read my post about talking too much!!
Sushi for One is a hoot!! Honestly, I chose your book because it's not a genre I usually pick and I've been wanting to venture out and try some new things...I'm thoroughly pleased with my decision !!