Yes. I know they are set in completely different periods but "Desperate romantics" really reminds me of a good version of "The Tudors". Luckily we have the YUMMY Aiden Turner rather than the charima - free JRM.
"Desperate Romantics" is Laudanum.
"The Tudors" is piss.
DR is more like Tizer than laudanum. Very fizzy when it's shaken, but inclined to go flat after a while. Loved the ending.
The Tudors is more like packet soup. And it's back. Better politics, no Thomas Tallis but the Vatican is back to its Father Ted best.