13 Assassins (2011)
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In this remake of a 1963 film based on historical events, Shinzaemon Shimada (Koji Yakusho) leads a...
13 Assassins Samurai
Darren Fisher (2447 KP) rated Savage in Books
Feb 27, 2023 (Updated Feb 27, 2023)
Overtones and Undercurrents: Spirituality, Reincarnation, and Ancestor Influence in Entheogenic Psychotherapy
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Sharing 15 detailed histories from his casebook and the innovative practices he uses in his...
The Victoria Letters: The Official Companion to the ITV Victoria Series
Helen Rappaport and Daisy Goodwin
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The official companion to ITV's hotly anticipated new drama, The Victoria Letters delves into the...
Nowhere But Here
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Seventeen-year-old Emily likes her life the way it is: doting parents, good friends, good school in...
Katie McGarry Nowhere But Here Young Adult Young Adult Fiction
Queen B
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The next enchanting instalment of the sensational #1 SUNDAY TIMES bestselling HER MAJESTY’S ROYAL...
Historical fiction
David McK (3372 KP) rated Sherlock Holmes: The Voice of Treason in Books
Apr 12, 2020
And then I listened to this.
Set in the 'traditional' Sherlock Holmes setting of late in Queen Victoria's reign (in this case, after Reichenbach Falls) - instead of the more contemporary setting popularised by TVs Sherlock - this did take me a bit to get into.
However, it is impeccably produced and acted - even if it relies quite heavily on flashbacks - taking in such key characters as Sherlock himself, Dr Watson, Sherlock's brother Mycroft and Professor Moriarty, in a mystery around the kidnapping of the Queen!
(I was never taught that in school …)
Thomas Cromwell: The True Story of 'Wolf Hall'
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The Dramatic Rise & Fall of Thomas Cromwell Thomas Cromwell, chief architect of the English...
A Tale of Two Cities
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A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a historical novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before...
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
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Director Robert Aldrich’s story: a thriller about an aging ex-vaudeville child star waging a...