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A Very British Romance with Lucy Worsley

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Lucy Worsley

Michael Poole

John Das

Sebastian Barfield

A Very British Romance with Lucy Worsley: Episode 1

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The Georgian age saw courtship rules being rewritten, as romantic love was glamorised.

Lucy's romp through 300 years of love's rituals begins with the Georgian age, when the rules of courtship were being rewritten, and women and men made their own romantic choices.

Lucy Worsley presents a series about the 'invention' of British romance - our very own, surprisingly passionate, tradition of love. 

Lucy's romp through three centuries of love's rituals begins with the Georgian age, when the rules of courtship were being rewritten. Traditionally, marriage had been as much about business as love. Now, a glamorisation of romantic love inspired women and men to make their own romantic choices - they could flirt in newly-built assembly rooms, or elope to Gretna Green as an act of romantic rebellion. 

But the main force of change was the arrival of the novel - Samuel Richardson, Fanny Burney and Jane Austen didn't just map out women's changing desires, they made people seek out the feelings and emotions described in their own lives, permanently changing how the British feel.

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Lucy Worsley delves into the history of romance in our country.

Lucy Worsley delves into the history of romance to uncover the forces shaping our very British happily ever after and how our feelings have been affected by social, political and cultural ideas.

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