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Regency romance, intrigue and diversity make the new small-screen series addictive – Georgian fashion merely adds to the flavour
From Jane Austen’s spirited Bennet sisters and Georgette Heyer’s dashing gentlemen and independent-minded ladies to more modern series, such as Joanna Bourne’s action-packed spymaster novels and Alyssa Cole’s addictive American civil war-centred sagas, the Georgian-era saga retains a special place in many readers’ hearts.
Now the most popular recent Regency romance of them all – Julia Quinn’s bestselling Bridgerton family novels – is set to be the biggest screen hit of the Christmas period. A glossy adaptation, overseen by producer Shonda Rhimes and written by Chris Van Dusen and a group of rising young women writers including Abby McDonald, Janet Lim, Sarah Dollard and Joy C Mitchell, arrives on Netflix on Christmas Day. Continue reading...