Victory of Eagles (Temeraire #5)
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For Britain, conditions are grim: Napoleon's resurgent forces have breached the Channel and...
I heart hollywood
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Angela Clark can’t believe her luck... she’s an English girl living in New York with a dream job...
Arrietty (2010)
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The novel was adapted as a screenplay by Hayao Miyazaki and Keiko Niwa,[2] based on The Borrowers by...
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Black Butler, Vol. 5 (Black Butler, #5)
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For an impeccable gentleman's butler like Sebastian Michaelis, the word "impossible" is just not in...
Living in the Material World by George Harrison
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studio album by English musician George Harrison, released in 1973 on Apple Records. As the...
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Charlotte (184 KP) rated imPerfect Curse (The imPerfect Cathar #2) in Books
Jun 23, 2023
We pick up with Paul just as he's heading home for some much needed and well deserved rest.......but you know th say àat's not straight forward for him.
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ImPerfect Curse......it's a fantastic second installment to the series and actually better than the first!
For anyone that hasn't read the first book..do it...do it now!! If you can't wait and are jumping straight in, well, you're going to meet Franc, he's an..... interesting character that speaks the equivalent of English gobbledegook and is pretty rancid......eurgh I have a soft spot for him.
I refuse to tell you anything else as it'll spoil so many great things that happen!
David McK (3562 KP) rated Ravenheart (Rigante #3) in Books
May 5, 2024
I think it's generally accepted that the Rigante are Gemmell's equivalent of the Scots, and that this book and its subsequent sequel are his interpretation of the wars fought by the Scottish Highlanders against the invading English (whereas the earlier two books were more like their wars against Rome).
As in most of his works, the novel deals with the notions of redemption and the nature of both good and evil, and has a strong central protagonist plagued by doubt. Worth reading? Assuredly yes (though I'd say that about nearly all his novels)
The Fallen Sword (The Hundred Years War, #3)
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Uncover the traitor. End what you started. Rejoining the English army laying siege to Calais, Simon...
Darren (1599 KP) rated A United Kingdom (2017) in Movies
Jun 20, 2019
With tension between Bechuanaland and South Africa high the idea of the soon to be King marrying a white woman would be unheard off. The British government doesn’t want him to become king and Seretse own family don’t want him to become king if he stays with Ruth. With the racial divide still going strong, Seretse pushed for equality over anything else, so he can unite his kingdom when he becomes king.
Thoughts on A United Kingdom
Characters – Seretse Khama is the prince of Bechuanaland he has been studying law in England to prepare for his time as king, he falls in love a white woman in Ruth Williams which throws tensions from his family, government in the air and to prove his love is more important than his traditions and bring the equality between the races together. Ruth Williams is an English clerk whose family has been working to teach Christianity to Africans, she meets and falls in love with Seretse and goes against everyone else’s desires and marries him. Rufus Lancaster is the British liaison in Bechuanaland who leads the opposition from the land, which only shows us just how the English were over controlling.
Performances – David Oyelowo is wonderful in the leading role, showing us once again that he can lead any movie he wants too. Rosamund Pike shines to showing everyone that she can handle to calm roles after the psycho ones in Gone Girl. The rest of the cast are wonderful even if the British characters are as stuck up as you would imagine them to be.
Story – The story follows the lives of King Seretse who marries an English white woman which puts the balance between the racial tension in his home land and British rule. We learn a lot from this movie, because we see how the country was being controlled from outside forces that only saw them as a piece of land. There is a lot to take in and the history lesson about this union that created a chance in the land.
Biopic/Romance – What King Seretse and his wife Ruth achieved for Botswana was incredible and this shows us how their love drove them to achieve this change.
Settings – The settings show us the high society British look at an African country that was following its own traditions to become the independent from this style of rule.
Scene of the Movie – Speech to the ‘tribe’ as the British called them.
That Moment That Annoyed Me – Knowing the English were this shallow.
Final Thoughts – This is a good look at how the world was once ruled by people who believe they are in the right to control countries affairs and how their union would change everything.
Overall: History is always worth learning.
https://moviesreview101.com/2019/05/21/abc-film-challenge-biopics-u-a-united-kingdom-2016/