![]() ![]() Some of it was a necessary correction to the markets’ over-saturation of whiteness and straightness and it’s a direction that I’m very glad to see the genre go in. I think that some of that was opportunism. Bridgerton gave a lot of people the excuse to do something about it, to say: aha, a new market! If you like this multicultural television show, then maybe you’ll enjoy these multicultural romance books as well. There had been a push for making the historical romance space more inclusive for and by people of color. The first Bridgerton book was published in 2000, but I think that when people saw an adaptation that was fun, nimble, young, and less restrained, it brought up a new conversational space in the romance community. A lot of people found something that they loved in the Bridgerton series. ![]() I think that they’re definitely connected. Do you think that their popularity is a byproduct of the success of Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton series? Over the past couple of years, there seems to have been a resurgence in the historical romance genre, especially with books focusing on Britain’s Regency period, from 1811 to 1820. Foreign Policy & International Relations. ![]()
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