Lists are always appearing online, whether of the best ever, worst ever, funniest ever and so on. This list is of historical mysteries (novels) that have made it to the cinema. And the entry that is of particular interest to us is The Lost King. But the author of the list admits to “cheating” a… Continue reading Josephine Tey and Umberto Eco make it to this list of nine….
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The Middle Ages and the movies….
“….In The Middle Ages and the Movies eminent historian Robert Bartlett takes a fresh, cogent look at how our view of medieval history has been shaped by eight significant films of the twentieth century. The book ranges from the concoction of sex and nationalism in Mel Gibson’s Braveheart, to Fritz Lang’s silent masterpiece Siegfried, the art-house classic The Seventh Seal to… Continue reading The Middle Ages and the movies….
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