After her passing, Sir Phillip offers a hand in marriage to Eloise Bridgerton via correspondence. To Sir Phillip, With Love begins mere hours after Romancing Mr. Bridgerton ends. This marriage to Phillip is the only real similarity between the Marina of Bridgerton and the Marina of the books. For the most part, the series Bridgerton remains true to Julia Quinn’s novels, although it also makes some notable changes in some key areas.. With the success of the series, many new fans of the production are likely to turn to books while they wait for the second season, which, in essence, are quite formal romances of the regency period. Spoilers ahead for the Bridgerton books. Her family could have told her halfway through the book, but I decided they wouldn't, just to be cruel. In Quinn’s novel, Marina is only briefly mentioned later in the series – a severely depressed woman who dies following a suicide attempt. Which means that Eloise doesn't know RMB's big secret! In Bridgerton season 1, Marina Thompson was presented as a cousin of the Featheringtons. Phillip actually ends up becoming romantically involved with Eloise in the books, long after his former wife’s passing. However, she is a no-show until Book 5 of the series. Marina Thompson’s pregnancy story line is made up In the series, Marina is locked away in her room pregnant and crying over George Crane (the baby daddy) not sending her letters. Marina Thompson is a completely different character, and doesn ' t even show up until the fifth book, To Sir Phillip, With Love.. Marina Thompson ' s storyline is perhaps the biggest difference between the show and the movie. Her depression is real and nuanced and dealt with and turns out okay. Books Advanced Search New Releases Best Sellers & More Children's Books Textbooks Textbook Rentals Best Books of the Month To Sir Phillip, With Love: Bridgerton (Bridgertons Book 5) and millions of other books are available for Amazon Kindle . We all know how her arc developed in the Netflix show. Bridgerton’s first season ends with the alleged death of Lord Featherington – a character who is already dead at the start of The Duke and Me, the first book in the saga. However, his presence makes sense in the series, as it gives Marina Thompson a reason to stay with the Featherington family after her pregnancy. She is wed to Phillip Crane because her love George, died in the war, much like in the show. She ' s actually not related to the Featheringtons, but the Bridgertons. In the book, she is the late wife of Sir Philip Crane (played by Chris Fulton on the show). The book Marina was a relation … Here’s my future Bridgerton adaptation headcanon: Marina and Sir Philip have a marriage of convenience that turns out well in all the best ways. But what's in the tea and is it dangerous? Marina Thompson. In the fifth book, To Sir Phillip, With Love, we ' re introduced to her character. Marina Thompson first appears in book 5 of the Bridgerton series, To Sir Philip With Love. While Marina Thompson is in the books, she isn’t to this extent. Inside the Story. After her marriage to Sir Phillip, she starts struggling with depression which only gets worse after the birth of her children, Oliver and Amanda. Contrary to the series, Marina is told to be a distant cousin of the Bridgertons, not the Featheringtons. 'Bridgerton' cousin Marina Thompson discovers she's pregnant and sips an herbal tea as her remedy. However, she falls into a depression and attempts suicide in a river, before catching illness and eventually dying. ... One of those added plots in Season 1 involved a minor character from the books, Marina Thompson, …