Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play ELIZABETH I stars Helen Mirren as the famous monarch who often frightened her subjects with he ability to change emotions on a dime In addition to facing a variety of political problems the film charts some of the major relationships in her life Jeremy Irons stars as the Earl of Leicester the queen&s long-time companion Hugh Dancy portrays the flighty but ambitious Earl of Essex who carries on a relationship with the monarch even though there was a substantial difference in their age Age Rating 15 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Elizabeth Now close to death Queen Mary I (Kathy Burke) steps up her policy of Protestant repression Even Princess Elizabeth (Cate Blanchett) her younger sister & her heir apparent is in grave danger but Mary&s last ditch to execute her for treason fails Within days Mary is dead & Elizabeth is crowned Queen of England but with enemies & rebellion continuing in her own council she is advised to hit back She retaliated in a counter-coup of immense ferocity wiping out all opposition to her leadership Her throne is finally secure Elizabeth The Golden Age The story of one woman&s crusade to control love crush enemies & secure her position as a beloved icon of the western world As Elizabeth&s cousin Mary Stuart conspires with Philip of Spain to topple the throne Sir Francis Walsingham Elizabeth&s trusty advisor works tirelessly to protect her from the many plots & conspiracies against her Preparing to go to war to defend her empire Elizabeth struggles to balance royal duties with an unexpected vulnerability in her attraction to Sir Walter Raleigh The Other Boleyn Girl A sumptuous & sensual tale of intrigue romance & betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in European history The Other Boleyn Girl tells the story of two beautiful sisters Anne (Natalie Portman) & Mary (Scarlett Johansson) Boleyn who driven by their family&s blind ambition compete for the love of the handsome & passionate King Henry VIII (Eric Bana) While both women eventually share the king&s bed only one will ascend to the throne for a brief & turbulent reign that ends tragically with a swing of the executioner&s sword ...

Winner of the Portico Prize Shortlisted for the Whitbread Biography of the Year High-spirited witty & passionate Elizabeth Gaskell wrote some of the most enduring novels of the Victorian age including Mary Barton North & South & Wives & Daughters This biography traces Elizabeth's youth in rural Knutsford her married years in the tension-ridden city of Manchester & her wide network of friends in London Europe & America Standing as a figure caught up in the religious & political radicalism of nineteenth century Britain the book looks at how Elizabeth observed from her Manchester home the brutal but transforming impact of industry enjoying a social & family life but distracted by her need to write down the truth of what she saw In this widely acclaimed biography Elizabeth Gaskell emerges as an artist of unrecognized complexity shrewdly observing the political religious & feminist arguments of nineteenth century Britain with enjoyment passion & wit Jenny Uglow is the bestselling author of Nature's Engraver which won the National Arts Writers Award & A Gambling Man Charles II & the Restoration which was shortlisted for the 2010 Samuel Johnson Prize Her most recent books include Nature's Engraver the story of Thomas Bewick & In These Times a history of the home front during the Napoleonic Wars ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play This elegant box set



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How did the reigns of England's most famous queens compare? Follow both of these awesome ladies into history to discover the differences & similarities between their amazing lives! Addressing the needs of the new history National Curriculum this book will engage readers & encourage them to ask questions about history & how times change ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Directed by renowned producerdirector Herbert Wilcox at the height of his career this British post-War film drama spans four generations to tell the never-changing story of the soldier husband who returns home expecting to find everything just as he left it Starring screen icon Anna Neagle Elizabeth of Ladymead is presented here in a br&-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio Ladymead is the gracious Georgian mansion in which Elizabeth lives while her husband is fighting abroad Here we encounter four incarnations of the central character all portrayed with typical accomplishment by Neagle as she anxiously awaits her husband&s return & Beth& of the Crimean War & Elizabeth& of the Boer War & Betty& of World War I & & Liz& of World War II Her husband in each period returns expecting to find his wife & everything else exactly as he had left them But the & Elizabeth& he left behind has been changed irrevocably by her experiences Actors Anna Neagle & Hugh Manning Director Herbert Wilcox Certificate Universal Suitable for All Year 1949 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 34 minutes (approx) ...

Tracklist The Living Planet (Theme From The Series) The Building Of The Earth The Frozen World The Northern Forests Jungle Seas Of Grass The Baking Deserts The Sky Above Sweet Fresh Water The Margins Of The Land Worlds Apart The Open Ocean New Worlds (Closing Theme From The Series) ...

Elizabeth Peyton s work has been acclaimed since the early 1990s when she began exhibiting her intimate portraits of artists musicians historical figures & friends This new volume prepared by the artist in collaboration with designer Brendan Dugan founder of Karma bookstore & gallery presents a concentrated view of a period bookended by two exhibitions in Brussels one in 2009 & the second in 2014 a time of introspection & the development of a more personal painterly language This phase of Peyton s work is about a new realism & a considered situating of her interests & passions in relation to her own working practice We see her range expand to take in lush still lifes composed of books flowers & fragmentary interiors; expressive blood-drenched scenes drawn from Richard Wagner s operas; & many magnificent & subtle portraits of peers & mentors historical or present-day From David Bowie to celebrated tenor Jonas Kaufmann; from Delacroix & Giorgione to Peytons artist peers such as Matthew Barney & Klara Liden; from Friday Night Lights star Taylor Kitsch to tattoo artist Scott Campbell as well as numerous self-portraits her work is about narrowing the distance between the self & the object of fascination They are people expressing what it is to be human Most art that s any good is trying to do that trying to put a voice to feeling & in particular the feeling of their time writes Peyton ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The complete classic BBC drama miniseries about the life & reign of Elizabeth I played by Glenda Jackson From her precarious early days on the throne of England where Elizabeth has to negotiate a dangerous political climate to her later relationship with the Earl of Essex (Robin Ellis) & her dealings with Mary Queen of Scots (Vivian Pickles) & the Spanish Armada the series covers the long & tumultuous period of Elizabethan rule Also starring Ronald Hines & Robert Hardy Episodes are & The Lion&s Cub&; & The Marriage Game&; & Shadow in the Sun&; & Horrible Conspiracies&; & Enterprise of England&; & & Sweet England&s Pride& ...

The Pirates of the Caribbean films caught the public&s imagination almost straight away & have held it ever since The 4 film&s to date have brought in over 37billion & a 5th film is due July 2017 The film&s raised Johnny Depp&s status to that of a genuine superstar for his wonderfully off the wall performances as Jack Sparrow This first series of POP! look amazing
- we are hoping for more to come Each Pirates of the Caribbean POP! vinyl figure stands around 9cm tall Packed in an illustrated window box
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