What Netflix period drama Bridgerton got right about sex, gossip and race in Regency London
Golda Rosheuvel as Queen Charlotte in Bridgerton (2021) | Netflix Bridgerton, Netflix’s hit of the season, which is adapted from the historical fantasy novels of Julia Quinn, plays fast and loose with history. It opens in 1813, the year in which Jane Austen’s Bridgerton is far from an accurate portrayal of the historical Regency period in which it is set – named for the transfer of power from the incapacitated King George III to his son George IV in 1811 until the king’s death in 1820. However, it does get some things right. In the show, London’s social set are a...