Are you looking for Georgette Heyer, or have I misunderstood? She has written a lot of readable fiction set in that period, with generally extremely accurate facts. (She did a lot of research. I believe there are a grand total of 3 factual mistakes that have since been found, in about 50 novels.)

I just noticed you said Bryson, which I presume means Bill, so you're after non-fiction. I don't know of any off the top of my head, but I'd still recommend Heyer, as she's fun and slips the history in quietly.