Travel like Queen Charlotte: On the Bridgerton trail in Bath
Live MintStanding in the midst of the Royal Crescent in Bath, a tiny speck against the sweeping might of the iconic terraced houses set in a crescent that typifies elegant Georgian architecture, I could imagine myself as part of the ton, or British high society. The stunning honey-coloured Georgian architecture, from the years between 1714 and 1837, in this World Heritage Site recently played a starring role in Shonda Rhimes’ historical romance drama Bridgerton. Afternoon tea is an occasion across the UK, but it’s an experience to savour in Bath, the city where Jane Austen two of her six published novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion. There are options for all budgets, including at the Pump Room, Lucknam Park, Roseate Villa, The Regency Tea Rooms at The Jane Austen Centre, or the world-famous Sally Lunn’s Historic Eating House, which serves the famous Sally Lunn Bunn, a light semi-sweet bread. So pervasive is Austen’s influence that not many know that Mary Shelley wrote much of Frankenstein, the world’s first science fiction novel, while living in Bath in 1816.
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