THE PRINCESS OF MONTPENSIER based on a story by Madame de Lafayette directed by Bertrand Tavernier starring Melanie Thierry Gaspard Ulliel Lambert Wilson & Gregoire Leprince-Ringuet In Sixteen Century France a savage religious war is ripping the country apart Carnage corruption & mayhem stalk the land taking lives & shaping history Amidst the tragedy loss & power struggles of war a young aristocratic heiress by the name of Marie De Mezieres has fallen passionately in love with the dashing Henri De Guise But due to the political ambitions of her manipulative & controlling father Marie has been forced into an arranged marriage to the Prince of Montpensier Between duty & passion can Marie fight her fate to reclaim her destiny? The Princess of Montpensier is a vivid & compelling historic drama A sweeping epic of love rivalry intrigue & conflict told in a language that can only be described as pure cinema Extras 60 min Making Of directed by Pierre-Henry Gilbert UK exclusive Interview With Bertrand Tavernier ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The epic true story of one woman&s battle to save a nation King Xerxes is leading the Persians in a brutal war with the Greeks At his side is the beautiful Esther a woman transformed from peasant to princess As the battle intensifies an unlikely chain of events forces Esther into an impossible position
- to chose between all she has ever dreamed of & the fate of her people Can she defy an empire & save a nation on the brink of destruction? Featuring breathtaking action & performances from an all-star cast including Omar Sharif (Lawrence of Arabia Doctor Zhivago) Peter O& Toole (Lawrence of Arabia Troy) & Jonathan Rhys-Davies (The Lord of the Rings trilogy) The Princess of Persia is this year&s must see epic experience
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Buffy meets Desperate Housewives meets killer demons! Fast-moving fantasy action from a New York Times best-selling master of edge-of-the-seat adventure Special distinguished by some unusual quality Circumstances a piece of evidence that indicates the probability or improbability of an event Barbara Everette homemaker living in a small town in Mississippi had the perfect life Perfect husband perfect children perfect house perfect Christian Faith She cooked & cleaned perfectly & managed all of the chores of the modern suburbanite toting the kids running the PTA teaching kung-fu in the local dojo Perfectly But perfection has a price & the day came when Barbara snapped She simply had to have "one weekend off" God had to grant her that much It said no where that she was a slave Waving goodbye to her hapless entirely undomestic husband she set out on the quest for a weekend of peace & maybe some authentic Cajun food Detective Sergeant Kelly Lockhart New Orleans Homicide had a perfect record on his latest case not a single suspect & there should be at least five or six given the DNA traces on the many bodies Furthermore his sole really outstanding clue a mysterious fish scale had disappeared into the recesses of the FBI Crime Lab But the old fortune-teller was sending him into the bayou down in the land of authentic Cajun food on the track of a mysterious pimp with the admonition to "watch for the Princess" Or die Barbara & Kelly were heading to a rendezvous that might be fate & might reveal the hand of God There was more cooking in the swamps than jambalaya Unknown to either the mystery of the Bayou Ripper had Special Circumstances About the Author John Ringo had visited 23 countries & attended 14 schools by the time he graduated high school This left him with a wonderful appreciation of the oneness of humanity & a permanent aversion to foreign food A veteran of the 82nd Airborne he brings first-hand knowledge of military operations to his fiction His novels for Baen include the four novels in the New York Times best-selling Posleen War series (A Hymn Before Battle Gust Front When the Devil Dances & Hell&s Faire) the Council War series (There Will be Dragons Emerald Sea & Against the Tide) the novel Into the Looking Glass four collaborations with New York Times bestselling author David Weber (March Upcountry March to the Sea March to the Stars & We Few) & two collaborative spinoffs from the Posleen series Hero (with Michael Z Williamson) & the New York Times best seller Cally&s War (with Julie Cochrane) ...

This is very much a human interest story told with humour by a down to earth woman struggling to make ends meet in the 21st century The upkeep of her historical childhood home Provender House in the depths of the English countryside is indeed a constant daily battle for this modern-day princess Princess Olga Romanoff is the daughter of the eldest nephew of Tsar Nicholas II murdered with his family by the Bolsheviks in 1918 She is the youngest child of the late Prince Andrew Alexandrovich of Russia who was born in the Winter Palace in St Petersburg in 1897 He fled Russia in 1918 with his pregnant (first) wife & his father Grand Duke Alexander Michaelovich while his mother Grand Duchess Xenia & his grandmother Her Imperial Majesty Empress Maria Feodorovna followed a few months later The fabled Romanov jewels that they were able to smuggle out had to be sold & the exiled family lived for some time at various grace-&-favour homes at Windsor & Hampton Court The book is peppered with amusing anecdotes about the Royal Family their British cousins The reader will also get a glimpse of the Princess's cosseted childhood She was looked after by a number of nannies & then privately educated at home as her mother remembered the terrible time she herself had had at boarding school But Princess Olga preferred the outdoor life & riding her ponies She still laughs at one of her mother's ambitions which was to marry her off to Prince Charles! It was indeed an unusual upbringing with a snobbish & strict mother of Scottish & Scandinavian background & a more relaxed & indulgent Romanov father whose occupation was stated as ' Prince of Russia' on Olga's birth certificate Her home Provender House is crammed full of fascinating Romanov memorabilia from the crockery used by the tsar & his family during their final captivity in Ekaterinburg to the diamond blade penknife used for scratching the news of Prince Andrew's birth on a window pane in the Winter Palace
- still there for visitors to see The rambling 30-room Provender House now open to the public has indeed been witness to some extraordinary tales
- many of them hitherto untold
- handed down by Princess Olga's father


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Princess Polly's Potty Hilarious potty training from Ladybird Princess Polly's Potty is an entertaining picture book from Ladybird that helps parents struggling with potty training for toddlers aged 18 months Clear informative & fun pictures are aimed at tackling the common anxieties that children may have about using the potty Each page encourages parents & children to interact with the story by pressing the 'cheer' sound effect when the child has interacted correctly in order to eventually motivate their child into using the potty Even princesses use the potty! Follow Princess Polly on her potty training adventure & press the sound button to cheer her along! This book is perfect for helping little ones feel confident & motivated about using the potty Princess Polly's Potty was written by Andrea Pinnington & illustrated by Melanie Williamson For further advice on potty training please visit wwwladybirdcompotty ...

When you're a princess you can do whatever you like Or can you? Life for Princess Primrose is rather dull because she's not allowed to climb trees dig up muddy vegetables or even splash in the fountain Everyone in the royal household is properly proper & Primrose longs to have some serious FUN But things take a turn for the better when Primrose's Grandmama comes for a visit & reminds everyone never to say no to a spot of fun A gorgeous new picture book by Alex T Smith that reminds us to giggle ...

When the heroic princess Amira rescues the kind-hearted princess Sadie from her tower prison neither expects to find a true friend in the bargain Yet as they adventure across the kingdom they discover that they bring out the very best in the other person They’ll need to join forces & use all the know-how kindness & bravery they have in order to defeat their greatest foe yet a jealous sorceress who wants to get rid of Sadie once & for all Join Sadie & Amira two very different princesses with very different strengths on their journey to figure out what “happily ever after” really means--and how they can find it with each other ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Princess Principal Collection Early in the 20th century the discovery of Cavorite an anti-gravity substance gave birth to a technological renaissance including the development of giant airships & other fantastical inventions However the scientific revolution was not the only one afoot as Great Britain was torn in two by an armed rebellion when the oppressed poor finally turned on the ruling elite Now the Commonwealth has a plan to take Albion by stealth substituting their undercover operative Ange for the beautiful young Princess Charlotte But Charlotte & Ange both have surprises in store for their respective governments & instead hatch a plan wherein the Princess herself will act as an agent in exchange for help in claiming the throne! A dazzling team of femme fatales sets out to rule Britannia & English History will never be the same! ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Get ready for a hilarious & heartwarming royal reality check in Princess Protection Programme the new smash-hit Disney Channel Original Movie starring Selena Gomez (Wizards Of Waverly Place) & Demi Lovato (Camp Rock & Sonny With A Chance)! Plus this Royal Best Friends Extended Edition DVD features an insider&s look at the realities & responsibilities of being a real-life princess & lets you listen in as real-life best friends Selena & Demi dish about their lives on & off the set! The worlds of royalty & roughing-it collide when the lovely Rosalinda (Lovato) enters the Princess Protection Programme & moves in with her new "cousin" Carter (Gomez) a total tomboy In an unexpected role reversal " Rosie" learns how to act like an everyday girl & Carter finds her own inner princess Once they discover what they have in common they prove that best friends really are forever! Actors Demi Lovato Robert Adamson Selena Gomez & Johnny Ray Director Allison Liddi Certificate Universal Suitable for All Year 2009 Languages English ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Magical musical romantic drama from director Seijun Suzuki Tanuki-hime (Zhang Ziyi) is a racoon spirit princess who falls in love with Amechiyo (Jo Odagiri) a human prince who has been banished from his father&s realm Suzuki

Includes:: all styles of music from Kabuki theatre to rock &n& roll & operetta

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