Anyone else watched on Netflix the new period drama Bridgerton? If it's costume drama count me in I am a fan for anything Georgian, Regency or Victorian as long as there are bonnets, a ravishing period costume, wigs full of ringlets and a Ball to go to.. what's not to like.! Ever since reading Jane Austen's novels including Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility I have been hooked, but of course it is not to everyone's taste is it. I am a modern woman stuck in a dream time warp of Historical Fiction and love it.!
Then there are those dreamy opulent quotes to set the heart racing even more.
Gabriel Oak in Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
'And at home by the fire,
Whenever you look up there I
Shall be, and whenever I look
Up, there will be you.'
'To be fond of dancing was a certain step
towards falling in love'.
- Jane Austen
During 'Lockdown' I have so enjoyed watching the lovely Lucy Worsley, Joint Curator at Historical Palaces and is an Architectural and Social Historian Writer also, I envy her 'raids' with the dressing up box in period costumes for the documentary's she has presented.
Someone once told me many years ago that I was very straight laced, which is not true at all, it describes someone as being strict in conduct or morality and prudish, but I wear my heart on my sleeve I am emotionally transparent, an open book. The only straight lace you will see with me is on my petticoat.!
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No, no costume drama, but glad you like our dear Lucy W who I think of as someone out of Beatrix Potter and quite fictional to boot. I find it hard to believe she is really a curator, yet she is extremely good, wonderful at showing people round palaces and castles and bits of history that we had forgotten or never knew. And as for dressing up I find this great fun and makes her programmes more watchable.
I quite like the idea of Lucy Worsley appearing in Beatrix Potter I know she would be just amazing. Catch out her most recent posting on her FB page when she mentions about Miss Marple and the character for a future programme on TV. Another two of my favourites.. Miss Marple and Lucy Worsley .! Can't wait.!
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