Penelope Corfield's The Georgians
Episode 10, Jan 26, 2022, 05:00 AM
How different was the eighteenth century to our own? Why are the Georgians famed for their libertinism? Was Georgian Britain a crucible of meritocracy? Francesca Peacock speaks to Penelope Corfield about her new book The Georgians: The Deeds and Misdeeds of 18th-Century Britain.