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Reviews

Review: Napoleon (2023)

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]

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Elisabeth in Bavaria

Review: Sisi & I

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]

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Book News

Book News Week 35

*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]

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Anne Boleyn

Review: Blood, Sex & Royalty

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]