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Podcast: British History: Royals, Rebels, and Romantics
Episode: Queen Charlotte, History, and Netflix: What's Real? (ep 38)
Description: What was the Regency really like? That’s a question we can answer only in parts. We can learn something from the music and literature, something from the architecture. We can know something of the elite and powerful. We can learn from reports that praise national leaders and from caricatures that poke fun of those in power. Because this time is full of people, the Regency (like today) is complicated. That’s true of the people who filled the streets and shops of London. It’s true of the people who farmed and harvested and never saw a city. We can...