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Rome (Season 1) by Anna (Period Drama Challenge)

6 October 2009

About Anna…
Alright, my name is Anna (29 – 1st time around). I am German with a love for Canada. I started reading late but finally my mum got me hooked on books with a story about a Sioux tribe and its struggles. After that it was Enid Blython and in later years my dad introduced [...]

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Affinity (2008) by Christy (Period Drama Challenge)

2 October 2009

About Christy…
I’m a 20something native New Englander stuck in Texas. I’ve been a fan of period films and books for as long as I can remember. I’ve just always loved the costumes and customs. I can’t remember my first period film, but I know it had to a Jane Austen adaptation. I love anything set [...]

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The Duchess by Heather (Period Drama Challenge)

25 September 2009

About Heather…
I have been blogging since May of 2009.  I just graduated from college this past year and will be turning 22 on Sept 16th.  I majored in Criminal Justice – but somehow I have a job with the Department of Veterans Affairs now.  I love reading historical fiction primarily, as well as other genres [...]

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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Chandra (Period Drama Challenge)

20 September 2009

 
About Chandra…
I just love books, history and movies. I started my blog to keep track of my various reading projects and I love your blog so much I thought it would be neat to tie all my interests together. My goal in doing the challenge is to try to watch only movies that have some [...]

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The Duchess by Vickie (Period Drama Challenge)

17 September 2009

About Vickie…
I am a SAHM with three girls. I started blogging October of 2008. I usually post some scrapbook pages and cards that I have made. I also post about my family and other tidbits.
I love to read. My favorite is historical fiction, but since I started blogging, I haven’t been reading as much. Right [...]

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Northanger Abbey (2007) by Sharry (Period Drama Challenge)

6 September 2009
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About Sharry…
I’m a fourth year uni student and who has always loved historical fictions – it’s such an engaging way to learn about history! If I could, I would love to spend a day in the Romantic Age or the Victorian Age, though I don’t think I’d survive very long in society. I think it’s [...]

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Foyle’s War by Teje Ellis (Period Drama Challenge)

4 September 2009
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Foyle’s War is one of those really fine dramas that you get caught up in for a number of reasons. Although it is a detective series, the characters themselves are what draw you back week after week. In the final analysis, I cared what happened to Foyle, his son, his driver, and his detective sergeant [...]

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Mansfield Park (1999) by Stephanie (Period Drama Challenge)

25 August 2009
Mansfield Park

About Stephanie
I’m a 20-year-old college student from the United States, studying history and secondary education. I’ve always been fascinated by stories and by other times and places, which probably explains my two great loves: writing and history. In my spare time, I can probably be found reading anything I can get my hands on about [...]

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Jodhaa Akbar (2008)

11 August 2009
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Alex has already posted a wonderful review of this movie and it was in fact on her recommendation that I watched it. Now that I did, I can totally understand her and I can’t recommend it enough myself.
Just as I mentioned to her after watching it, the movie is an overdose for the senses, the [...]

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Little Dorrit by Maria (Period Drama Challenge)

5 August 2009

About Maria…
I’m 18 and I’ve always loved stories and history.Even as a child I would spend  most of my summer days locked in my room reading some new fascinating tale and forgeting about meals and everything else really altogether.
Last summer I watched the 1995 Pride and Prejudice for the first time and fell in love [...]

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