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The Rokesbys (prequels) · 1779 in New York, during the Revolutionary War

The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband

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Cecilia claims to be the wife of a wounded captain who has lost his memory

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In 1779, Cecilia Harcourt crosses the Atlantic to New York to nurse her wounded brother, Thomas. She doesn't find him. She finds his best friend, Captain Edward Rokesby, unconscious. To stay by his side, she says she's his wife. Edward wakes up missing three months of memory and accepts the story. As they search for Thomas, they fall in love in the middle of the lie, and Cecilia knows the truth could ruin everything. When Edward's memory returns, he discovers the deception. In the end, Edward decides to turn the make-believe marriage into a real one.

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What changed on screen

  1. Behind the scenesBridgerton in New York

    The story crosses the Atlantic: it opens in Manhattan in June 1779, in the middle of the Revolutionary War.

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  2. ReferenceHampton Court on the map

    Besides New York, the story stops at Hampton Court Palace, one of the locations the show used.

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