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Review: Napoleon (2023)

Thursday, 30 November 2023, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

From Ridley Scott comes the 2023 biopic Napoleon, starring Joaquin Phoenix as Napoleon Bonaparte and Vanessa Kirby as Joséphine de Beauharnais. Napoleon rose to become Emperor of the French with Joséphine by his side, although he would later divorce her to marry the Austrian Archduchess Marie Louise to father an heir. The film begins with [read more]

Review: Sisi & I

Monday, 9 October 2023, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Sisi & I (original title Sisi & Ich) is a German-language historical black comedy starring Susanne Wolff as Empress Elisabeth of Austria and Sandra Hüller as Countess Irma Sztáray. Although Irma really did serve as Elizabeth’s lady-in-waiting, the film is largely fiction. It begins as the 42-year-old spinster Irma is presented in a bright pink [read more]

Book News Week 35

Sunday, 27 August 2023, 0:00 Moniek Bloks 0

*contains affiliate links* Book News week 35: 28 August – 3 September 2023 Matilda II: The Forgotten Queen Hardcover – 30 August 2023 (US) Radegund: The Trials and Triumphs of a Merovingian Queen (WOMEN IN ANTIQUITY) Paperback – 3 September 2023 (UK) Elizabeth Hardcover – 31 August 2023 (UK) Jane Seymour: An Illustrated Life Hardcover [read more]

Review: Blood, Sex & Royalty

Monday, 16 January 2023, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 1

Blood, Sex & Royalty is the latest Netflix documentary on the Tudors. The three episodes focus on Anne Boleyn’s rise to become King Henry VIII’s Queen. It stars Amy James-Kelly as Anne Boleyn and Max Parker as King Henry VIII. The experts in the series are, amongst others, Suzannah Lipscomb, Lauren Mackay, Tracy Borman and [read more]

Review: The Majestic Life of Queen Elizabeth II

Wednesday, 28 December 2022, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Netflix has its fair share of royal documentaries, and The Majestic Life of Queen Elizabeth II is just one of them. It is also known as Queen Elizabeth II – The Diamond Celebration. The future Queen Elizabeth II was born in 1926 as the eldest daughter of the future King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. [read more]

Review: The Serpent Queen (2022) – Episode 8

Sunday, 27 November 2022, 0:00 Moniek Bloks 0

*contains affiliate links* *spoilers* Episode eight will be the final episode of this season, and it has already been announced that there will be a second season. We begin the episode with Rahima locating Ruggeri, who just happens to have a replica of Queen Elizabeth I of England’s seal. She meets with Catherine, who offers [read more]