We can remove the first show in the list to add this one. Lucy Worsley concludes her series with the most dramatic transformation of romance yet. We will only promote items and companies that are lovely.
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Look up top again, there’s a link to watch it now. But first, we need you to sign in to PBS using one of the services below. Lucy Worsley’s history series about the ‘invention’ of British romance is coming to PBS. In the second episode, Lucy journeys into the Victorian way of love in part two of her series on the changing face of British romance. A VERY BRITISH ROMANCE WITH LUCY WORSLEY is produced by the BBC. Learn about how this artifact was used and why it was so provocative. Learn how chivalry inspired the common Victorian man. 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. 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. Lucy talks about 18th century love tokens, the most luxurious token being a ... Lucy talks about 18th century love tokens, the most luxurious token being a tiny, anonymous eye pin. With the arrival of the Industrial Revolution, Valentine's cards were mass-produced in factories and the "penny post" made it affordable to send a written expression of love, cementing this as a customary romantic gesture. Use one of the services below to sign in to PBS: You've just tried to add this video to My List.
Look again – that’s right at the top of the article, 4th paragraph. What could be more natural than romance, finding the perfect partner and falling in love? Now, a glamorization 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. Lucy uncovers the way that literary passions – in novels by writers such as Charlotte Bronte, Mrs Henry Wood and HG Wells – translated into real-life desires, changing the way the British felt. 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.
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. Duration: 0:57. Share this video: Wells, discovering that the passions explored in fiction were translating into real-life desires and actions.
Worsley also ‘became’ some of the characters herself, including “the obstinate governess Jane Eyre in the world’s least flattering wig.”.