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Mar 15, 2023 · Set in 1813, Bridgerton takes place during England's Regency Era, and throughout, the series gets some aspects of the historical period right and others completely wrong. Bridgerton is based on a series of romance novels by Julia Quinn and follows the wealthy Bridgerton family as its eight siblings find love in Regency London.
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The series is set during the early 1800s in an alternative London Regency era, in which George III established racial equality and granted many people of African descent aristocratic titles due to the African heritage of his wife, Queen Charlotte.
May 16, 2024 · The action in Netflix period drama series Bridgerton is set in a highly stylised version of Regency era London and several fictional country estates across England. The plot is largely taken from a set of eight 21st-century novels by author Julia Quinn, and the story and characters are (mostly) fictional.
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May 5, 2023 · In the series, which jumps between the early years of Charlotte and George’s marriage during the early Georgian period (around the 1760s) and the Regency era (the early 1800s) of Bridgerton,...
- Cady Lang
May 2, 2024 · The show’s version of 1800s Britain features people of color as part of high society, including Queen Charlotte. Based on the real-life monarch, her marriage to King George III helped bridge divides between races in the world of “Bridgerton.”
- Erin Kayata
May 18, 2024 · As 18th and 19th-century historian Dr. Lizzie Rogers — who taught a regency course for BBC History in January 2024 — points out to PEOPLE, Bridgerton is a period drama, not a documentary. “Part...
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May 25, 2024 · The Bridgerton franchise maintains a clear timeline, with Seasons 1, 2, and 3 set in the Regency era (1795-1837). Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story delves into both a past and present-day story...