Queen Charlotte in Bridgerton.
Liam Daniel/Netflix
The Regency period was full of gossip and scandal, something Bridgerton gets right. However, it leaves out the period’s grim record on slavery.
Netflix
True crime drama focuses on the inequality and degradation of working-class women in service in the 19th century.
Louis XIV in new TV drama Versailles.
BBC
From the halcyon days of Louis XIV, the French global seat of power was soon pulled down by corruption, elitism and arbitrary rule. Sound familiar?