The Ton.

The blurb for ‘A Dead Man’s Debt’ mentions the heroine Celeste Armitage being ‘…sent from the ton in disgrace.’

As a lover of the regency the ton is a familiar expression to me, but I was a little surprised when proof reading friends gently told broke it to me that I had spelt ‘town’ incorrectly.

So what exactly was ‘the ton.’?

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