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Guest blogger

Pope Joan (2009)

6 November 2009

Die Päpstin (Germany)
La papessa (Italy)
La papisa (Spain)
Runtime: 149 min (not one boring minute)
 
A woman as pope, the highest rank in the catholic church? For 1200 years the legend of Joan’s existence hasn’t died. In a world were Christianity was reducing a woman’s role to homemaker and mother a brave woman disguised as a man sat [...]

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The Princes In The Tower by Charleybrown (Period Drama Challenge)

24 July 2009

About Charleybrown…
Hi, I’m “Charleybrown” and I started blogging a year and a half ago. I began innocently with collecting information about my favourite period films and it’s now become a full-blown obsession, discovering new movies and great friends along the way! My favourite thing is introducing someone to a great drama that they haven’t seen [...]

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St. Ives and The Duellists by Teje Ellis (Period Drama Challenge)

22 July 2009

About Teje Ellis…
In 1955 my family went to Paris. I was 7 years old, and that’s when my love of history and all the trappings that go with it began. At first it was Marie-Antoinette and Napoleon, and as I grew older my interests in history expanded. I read all the historical fiction I could [...]

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The Affair of the Necklace by Becky (Period Drama Challenge)

20 July 2009

About Becky…
My name is Becky, at One Literature Nut.  I teach high school English full time, and teach online literature courses part time.  While teaching English and literature is my profession, I have a real love and passion for reading and history.  In the end, how can you separate history from the stories that it [...]

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Charlotte Gray by Maria Grazia (Period Drama Challenge)

16 July 2009

About Maria Grazia…
I’m a teacher of English Language and Literature in Italy. I was born, live and work in a small town near Rome. I love my job and … reading, collecting DVDs and watching them of course, especially costume movies and dramas. Then I also like Art, music and blogging. I started blogging only [...]

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