Lady Dover's Regency Riddles

Tons of 19th-Century Brainteasers and Conundrums

By J.W. Jones and Lady Dover

$14.99

Publication Date: 12th August 2025

Before my birth I had a name, 
But soon as birth I lost the same;
And when I’m laid within the tomb, 
I shall my father’s name assume:
I change my name three days together,
Yet live but one in any weather.
 
Lady Whistledown is no match for Lady Dover! Will you measure up or wilt in fear of her conundrums and charades?
 
This exquisite collection of dozens of Regency Riddles, created by an anonymous talented scribbler, reproduces an 1822 book compiled by John Winter Jones (1805–1881), an English librarian who became the first President of the Librar... Read More
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Before my birth I had a name, 
But soon as birth I lost the same;
And when I’m laid within the tomb, 
I shall my father’s name assume:
I change my name three days together,
Yet live but one in any weather.
 
Lady Whistledown is no match for Lady Dover! Will you measure up or wilt in fear of her conundrums and charades?
 
This exquisite collection of dozens of Regency Riddles, created by an anonymous talented scribbler, reproduces an 1822 book compiled by John Winter Jones (1805–1881), an English librarian who became the first President of the Librar... Read More