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triviareads · 1 year

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Releases on May 13th

Summary:

Cordelia Cranfield is a lady-in-waiting determined to prove her loyalty to the crown and finds herself enlisted to impersonate Queen Elizabeth I to save her from a deadly plot. Marcus Ruthven is a Scottish spy tasked with kidnapping Elizabeth, but then finds himself unexpectedly attracted to the "Virgin Queen". Cordelia and Marcus must work together to foil Catherine De' Medici's plot to keep Elizabeth under her thumb permanently.

My review:

I personally enjoy historical romances set outside Regency England, so I thought the Elizabethan England setting was novel and had a lot of potential. Same for the spy plot that had enormous geopolitical ramifications due the ongoing tensions between Catholics and Protestants in Europe (like, yes please to more Catherine De' Medici doing dubious things). That being said, I think the excitement and intrigue came at the cost of the actual romance of it all, to the point where I have to wonder if this qualifies as a historical romance.

I liked Cordelia and Marcus individually. Marcus is your classic gruff-but-honorable (and biiiiiiig) Scottish hero, and Cordelia is a heroine who's ready to face anything thrown her way. A true patriot. And I thought their relationship was built up really nicely in the first half of the story starting from when he rescued her, culminating in them having sex for the first time. I thought it was hilarious how *conflicted* Marcus was about being attracted to the "queen", especially when there were so many clues Cordelia wasn't an imposter: her lack of pockmarks, intact teeth, and her looking about TWO DECADES younger than the queen to name a few.

Unfortunately, the second half of the story had Marcus and Cordelia separate was vast swarths of time, and their romance felt tossed aside in favor of the spy/kidnapping plot. By the time they were reunited, the romance felt forced and I had to wonder exactly what made them want to spend the rest of their lives together.

The sex:

It's funny to read about a man beating himself up over lusting for the Virgin Queen, but as Cordelia eventually spells out to him, she's not the queen. And she ain't a virgin either.

There was one sex scene, and I thought it was written well. Definitely more on the romantic end of things. I have a theory that because Heather's books (the ones I've read at least) are always so intense and high stakes (compared to a romance set in the regency era), the sex tends to be more tender and affirming in order to contrast.

Overall:

This book wasn't quite for me because the plot overshadowed the romance rather than the two being more intertwined. I would, however, recommend this to anyone looking to dip their toe into non-Regency romances with low heat and a lot of drama.

Thank you to Dragonblade Publishing and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my review.

#netgalley #arc #arc review #heather mccollum #historical romance #Dragonblade Publishing #romance novel #romance novels

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latenightsinpemberley · 5 years

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You know your movie was really shitty when you got two household names to star in it as well as a Hollywood appropriate budget, yet somehow a CW teen drama is still, by far, superior to it.

#mary queen of scots #cw reign #mary stuart #elizabeth i #period drama #you can fight me on it #reign at least owned the fact that it was basically gossip girl set in the 16th century #and in return it gave us frary and megan fucking follows as catherine de medici #i'll take that over hollywood’s comical portrayal of one of the greatest women in history in a supposedly ‘‘‘serious’’’ movie any day

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minetteskvareninova · 4 years

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Historical drama actors and actresses sorted by how similar they are to their characters IRL

(this is purely based on looks, it has nothing to do with their acting, see, I put Mikkel Boe Fosgard pretty low)

NOT EVEN CLOSE CASTING AGENCY

- majority of the cast of The White Princess (you cast Margaret and Henry as redheads, but not the woman they got it from, what even)

- Sai Bennett as Mary Tudor

- Alexandra Dowling as Anne of Austria (would get higher if she wasn’t supposed to be forty)

- Adelaide Kane as Mary Stuart

- Megan Follows as Catherine de’ Medici (I am very sorry about this because she’s fab, but that’s exactly the problem, Catherine isn’t supposed to be fab)

- Toby Regbo as Francis II. (I guess he looks like a son of Megan Follows but that’s about it)

- Alicia Vikander as Caroline Matilda (I love this movie and she was great but you cast a skinny brown-haired, brown-eyed woman as a plump blue-eyed blonde, literally how do you get it this wrong)

- Richard Madden as Cosimo de’ Medici (I am sorry but Cosimo is not supposed to be hot and yet here we are)

- Halit Ergenç as Süleyman the Magnificent (why did they cast a 40-year old that looks even older as a 26-year old, especially when you have Okan Yalabik and Mehmet Günsür on payroll and they at least have the correct eye and hair color)

- Metin Akdülger as Murad IV. (he should switch roles with Kenan Imirzalioglu)

- Kenan Imirzalioglu as Mehmet The Conqueror (again a 40-year old cast as this time a 19-year old, words cannot describe how dumb this is)

I MEAN I GUESS THE HAIR COLOR IS RIGHT

- Charlotte Hope as Catherine of Aragon

- Pavel Tabakov as Paul I. (just because he’s Paul too doesn’t mean I forgive you casting a guy who looks like a fucking Disney Channel actor)

- Rachel Skarsten as Elizabeth I.

- Mikkel Boe Fosgard as Christian VII. (I am sorry, but if there was ever an opportunity to cast a pretty boy actor it’s here and you blew it, he was still great tho)

- Engin Öztürk as Selim II.

FAITHFUL IN SPIRIT IF NOT IN FACT

- Jena Coleman as queen Victoria (I mean she’s way too pretty but she could pass for her hotter sister)

- Marina Aleksandrova as Catherine The Great

- Aleksander Yatsenko as Peter III. (he’s ugly in a different way than Peter but he’s ugly enough)

- Mads Mikkelsen as Johann Friedrich Struensee (I mean I guess audience wouldn’t believe he’s this big sexy man no woman can resist if he wore a powdered wig all the way trough, so I’ll allow it)

- Ekin Koç as Ahmed I. (why yes he does look like a veritable punching bag of fate, one look and I feel the urge to give him a hug)

PASSABLE ENOUGH IF YOU SQUINT

- Ruairi O’Connor as Henry VIII. (again, we are not going by the performance, as a fancast he’s pretty dope)

- Georgie Henley as Margaret Tudor

- Jacob Collins-Levy as Henry VII. (would get Literal Twins if they didn’t style him so horribly)

- Yuliya Aug as Elizabeth of Russia (I’ve read contradictory accounts of her hair colour, but I don’t think the hair is on point, the rest *chef’s kiss*)

LITERAL TWINS Y’ALL

- Tom Hughes as prince consort Albert

- Olivia Colman as queen Anne of Great Britain

- Ryan Gage as Louis XIII. (his looks were literally the only thing accurate about this motherfucker, why did they waste him so badly I’m-)

FEEL FREE TO ADD YOUR OWN

#random history #period drama #minette complains

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minervacasterly · 4 years

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Mary, Queen of Scots: If not for Pride, Long she could have REIGNED

On the 24th of April 1558, the fifteen-year-old Mary Stewart, Queen of Scots, married the fourteen-year-old crown prince of France, the Dauphin, Francis. Unbeknownst to Mary, she had bequeathed Scotland and her claim to the English throne in a secret agreement she signed twenty days earlier. Its main architect was none other than her father-in-law, King Henri II. The agreement stipulated that if she died without issue, Scotland and her claim to England would become part of the French crown. Mary’s gullible nature can be attributed to the warmhearted hospitality she’d gotten in France. Her mother had sent her there when she was an infant. With only a few companions of her age and a select number of trusted servants, Mary had received a kindhearted response from the French, including her maternal relations, the influential Guises. As an honored guest of King Henri of France’s court, she was treated with the same respect as the rest of his offspring. She became good friends with most of them, especially Princess Elisabeth (who later married Philip II of Spain) and her future husband. Mary whole heartedly believed that France had her best interests at heart. She was fully conscious of her place in the political chessboard. Henri II needed her as much as Scotland needed France against their ancestral enemies, Spain and England. Moreover, with her ancestral titles and claim to England, she was the most valuable player in their chessboard. Unfortunately for Mary, her self-awareness and royal pride were nothing against her host’s clever deception and emotional manipulation.

Mary’s royal background entitled her to an enviable education, as well as the pursuit of activities that were more practiced by men. In today’s world, what she would be considered a Tom-Boy. Mary’s extrovert nature, charming personality, along with her aforementioned love of sports enhanced her physical attributes, making her one of the most attractive –and sought out- women in Christendom.

And yet, out of all the people she could have stood to learn a great deal more, she decided to ignore on the basis of what Mary considered her lower birth. Her mother-in-law. Henri II’s neglected and often humiliated wife, Catherine de Medici. Though the Queen of France was Queen in name only, she never berated her husband –nor her adoptive people- for the higher respect they gave to one of their own. Henri II’s mistress, ever cunning and wily like a fox, was the first one who sought for Mary’s friendship, ahead of Catherine, knowing full well that Mary’s sense of entitlement would respect a great deal more one of her noble birth like Diane of Poiters than her lover’s Italian consort whose family wealth was owned to their knowledge of the real world of finance rather than titles and euphemisms.

It is impossible to know what Mary thought at the time she was captured by Elizabeth I’s agents. After she made the disastrous choice to flee to England and seek Elizabeth’s help, she could have thought back to her glory days –when she was aptly received by all of France. Would things have gone better if she had opened her ears to Catherine de Medici? Learned from the descendant of experienced, crafty bankers and cut-throat politicians instead of the high-and-nighty king and his divine mistress?

It’s one of history’s biggest questions to which there is no answer, except in the realm of alternate and speculative history.

One thing every history buff and historian can be certain of is this: Mary was born with a crown. Elizabeth owed her crown to no one but herself. It was more than luck and misfortune on the part of her rivals, including her late half-sister, that got her this far. It was her decision to surround herself with the shrewdest, two-faced and opportunistic Evangelicals whose aims paralleled those of their Scottish brethren.

Slogans like the one that the 70s costume drama Mary, Queen of Scots ran, that Mary was a Queen with “the heart of a woman” and Elizabeth a woman “with the heart of a King” are a call back to Queen Elizabeth I’s speech at the shores of Tilbury, on August 9th, 1588, one day after the Spanish Armada had finally been obliterated. While not entirely false, it is not entirely accurate either. Mary’s biggest mistake wasn’t that she had the heart of a woman and Elizabeth had the beating heart of a King “and a King of England!” as she claimed at Tilbury. How many women had shown weakness of a good heart and a compassionate nature so often attributed to the weaker sex but still lived to tell the tale? Mary’s fault lay in her sense of entitlement and divinity. Elizabeth thought that her crown and her royal ancestry made her divine as well, and as such, she was excluded from the gender norms that she and society forced the other women to comform. But unlike Mary Stewart, Elizabeth Tudor knew that the crown did not guarantee absolute power. Her religiosity, personal struggles and knowledge of her family history had taught her that God favored only those He deemed worth it.

Conversely, across the channel, Catherine de Medici, continued her fight for dominance over French affairs. A survivor like her frenemy, Elizabeth I, her last days were spent in emotional and physical agony. As with Mary, Queen of Scots, it is impossible to know what went through Catherine’s mind. If she thought of her first daughter-in-law, and what-might-have-been. Unlike Diana of Poiters, whose nobility, beauty and relationship with the King had made her the queen of hearts in French people’s eyes, Catherine was much suspected and resented until the day of her death.

In a twist of irony, it was Catherine’s one time enemy, reluctant ally and son-in-law and successor to the French crown, Henri, King of Navarre who gave the most factual and justifiable recollection of her life: “I ask you, what could a woman do, left by the death of her husband with five little children on her arms, and two families of France who were thinking of grasping the crown—our own [the Bourbons] and the Guises? Was she not compelled to play strange parts to deceive first one and then the other, in order to guard, as she did, her sons, who successively reigned through the wise conduct of that shrewd woman? I am surprised that she never did worse”

As for Elizabeth, her end is a story know too well not worth repeating. Suffice to say, that as the sun was setting on Gloriana, her councilors were conspiring to put things together for their chosen successor: Mary, Queen of Scots’ son, James VI of Scotland.

#mary queen of scots #elizabeth i of england #catherine de medici #dailytudors

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wefewwehappyfew · 4 years

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Hello! I was scrolling through your posts and I saw your comments on rtve’s Reinas. I have seen it but I couldn’t actually understand what was going on since I can’t speak Spanish.Can you tell me if it is written like Verdi’s Don Carlo?(I mean are Carlos and Elisabetta having an affair?) and your opinions on Philip’s side of the scenerio in general?

Hi!!!!

Sorry for the late reply, I am currently more out of tumblr than in and I just saw this.

I watched Reinas a long time ago and... I frankly do not recommend it.

(Disclaimer: Basing this on the Philip plotline since it is the one I actually watched because I skimmed over the Elizabeth and Mary ones, but I imagine they’ll be equally as terrible)

But yes, it felt like a soap-opera-y messier version of Don Carlo. Only way worse written, and whereas Don Carlos is actually quite likeable in the Verdi opera, here is like they remembered what the actual Don Carlos was like (a very mentally unstable young man, to put it kindly) and shoved it there.

As far as I remember (anyone who has it more fresh in their minds can correct me here), the affair between Elisabeth and Carlos is only hinted at (in a scene where she kisses him when she tries to help him escape from prison, and in something she says to Philip about loving them both, in which I cringed enough to turn the tv off).

Also!!! For some reason that I still do not get, we get Felipe still having an affair with his mistress Isabel de Osorio (and having fathered two sons from her, so Elisabeth can have some drama about only having given him daughters- when the daughters she gave him where his favourite children ffs, one of the only instances of him crying in public is when his youngest daughter by Elisabeth, Catherine Michelle, died. Btw the only other instance I can remember of him crying in public was after Elisabeth’s death.), when, as far as I remember, he did not have any mistress during his marriage to Elisabeth.

But no Princess of Eboli. And for some reason Antonio Pérez is older than Ruy Gomes. (Which wtf)

They have Felipe visiting Elizabeth of England in some diplomatic visit where he’s like he still has a crush on her or something. When the real Felipe didn’t even move to meet Catherine of Medici and sent Elisabeth to negotiate with her mother instead.

Aaand of course, they heavily imply Felipe poisoned Elisabeth.

Full disclosure: I am a Felipe II fan, if this wasn’t obvious. I know the dude made some more-than-questionable choices (Hello poisoning of Bona Sforza, execution of Egmont, and wtf was that mess of appointing a seasick person as the Head of the Armada????), but hey pretty much all historical faves are problematic, aaaaaaaaand he did love Elisabeth. Like, a lot.

Because seriously, pointing again at the crying incidents. Felipe was a huge stickler for protocol, and the protocol of the Spanish Habsburg Court was the absolute worst. It is the same protocol Franz Josef I would adopt later in Vienna and would prompt the then-Prince of Wales to say, after a visit “My G*d, this court is stiff.”

So, for Felipe to start crying, in front of the French Ambassador nonetheless (who was on a diplomatic mission to ensure a potential marriage to Margot, aka Elisabeth’s youngest sister), speaks buckets of how he felt regarding her when put in context.

Aaand, returning to Reinas, makes the idea of even implying Felipe poisoned Elisabeth absolute bullshit.

Like pretty much all the Felipe storyline there.

The only salvageable stuff? The actors. I specially liked Adrián Castiñeiras as Felipe, and I wish he would have gotten an actual good script.

(Still, idk what I was hoping when the man behind the series is mostly known for the most outdated comedy, and for cabaret shows. (When not for getting into financial messes and not paying his workers) And now he’s creating a series about Francis of Assisi and I think I’m gonna have a stroke how does this guy keep getting work)

But yeah, Reinas is not worth your time. I was hyped because I am starved for content with Felipe and Elisabeth, but what you are offered here... is not worth it.

(And don’t even get me started on the costumes. Just... why.)

Also, apologies for the long post!!! I just have, like a ton of feelings regarding Felipe II (and apparently a lot of opinions regarding this show)

#tiktokonaclock #Philip II of Spain #Philip II #Reinas TVE #(seriously what an awful show)

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buffyboleyn · 7 years

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Why do period dramas and feudal-inspired fantasy books like asoiaf always exaggerate the “dynastic uselessness” of daughters? In a context that privileges patrilineal inheritance, having a lot of daughters and no son was problematic; but as long as you had at least one healthy son to inherit your lands and shit, a lot of daughters could be VERY useful if you could supply their dowries. you can build useful alliances through marriage pacts with a lot of other families without having to one day giving the entirety of your shit to some other house.

is it a western thing? i mean, it’s no surprise at that the most powerful ladies in The Sultanate of Women tended to have a shitload of daughters aside from their key sons (Kosem, Nurbanu, even the lost-named mother of Mustafa I was able to maneuver some power because she had a daughter). And in this system, having a lot of daughters could prolong a concubine’s proximity to their Sultan (and thus the center of power). Their reproductive careers usually ended as soon as they birthed their first son, then shifted to the maternal phase of raising him to rule a post...with the help of alliances built through your daughters. In her latest book, Leslie Pierce talks about how daughters of the empire grew up to be beloved (and rich) benefactor aunties, sisters, and cousins because they weren’t direct threats to inheritance like princes. For more western examples, I think of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain securing alliances all through 15th c. Europe via their 4 daughters, Catherine de Medici’s pack of girls, Elizabeth Woodville’s many many sisters and daughters. Daughters gave you options.

i’m not going to say it was never disappointing to the parents - boys were (and are) still valued more. but it wasn’t usually an earth-shattering disappointment à la hurrem and mirhimah in mc. im just trying to nuance the daughter = failure narrative.

#history wank

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erinpagewrites · 7 years

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5 Shows to Watch Now That REIGN Is Over

After four seasons and 78 episodes (!), our favorite, semi-historical, semi-fantasy teen drama has come to an end. The last Urban Outfitters dress has twirled out of the ballroom; the last Lumineers song has played us off; and the last prophecy of Nostradamus has come to fruition. Did those things have anything to do with the real life of real person Mary, Queen of Scots and Notable Badass? Oh hell no, but that didn’t stop me from loving this show.

For me, it was love at first sight with some of the bananas storylines and details:

Why doesn’t anyone in France find Queen Catherine as hilarious as we do?

How many games of Hide & Seek can these grown-ass adults play per season?

Is the ghost that lives in the palace walls there to help Mary or hurt Mary, and hey it’s not a ghost it’s been a lovechild this whole time?

But my love for this show grew along with the tangle of plotlines, and over the last few years I developed a genuine affection for Reign. I’ve spent a good number of Friday nights watching and livetweeting and yelling at the screen when yet another episode has gone by without Mary getting a happy storyline, or without enough Catherine one-liners, or when they’ve killed off characters I’ve come to care for.

So where do we go from here? Where can we get that rare mix of adventure, romance, pseudo-history, and most importantly high-stakes costume drama? I’ve assembled a list of shows to help fill the void, where to watch them, and a semi-biased guide to appeal-level of each one.

(I tried to find as many pictures for these shows of the cast in the same dark, broody pose. This is the kind of detail I muster just for you guys.)

1. VERSAILLES

What It Is: A series following Louis XIV, and how one prince turned an obscure hunting lodge into the premier palace of Europe. As you can imagine, this show is less about the price of timber and gilded mirrors and more about the courtly intrigue of early Rococo France.

Where To Watch: Versailles premiered on Ovation tv, but has since been available for streaming on Amazon Prime and Netflix. Seasons One and Two have aired, with a third season in production.

Will I Like It? If you loved the courtly intrigue best in Reign, then this is the show for you. It’s basically the late sequel to Reign, in terms of time period. A lot of the cast is also fairly young and pretty, and the set design, costumes, and sweeping scenery gives you a lot to feast your eyes. It is definitely, ahem, a show for grownups in terms of graphic content, but probably nothing you haven’t seen before on a BBC show.

2. MEDICI: MASTERS OF FLORENCE

What It Is: A series following Cosimo de Medici, running his family bank and investigating the murder of his father at the height of Medici family power. Heavy on the murder investigation, family drama, and political upheaval, and light on the banking systems of Renaissance Italy.

Where To Watch: Netflix. Season One was uploaded in late 2016, and a Season Two has been discussed.

Will I Like It? This is the series for you if you wished we could have seen more of what Queen Catherine’s relatives and enemies were up to over in Italy. Also for the Rob Stark fans. Again, this show is heavier in graphic content than Reign.

3. THE WHITE QUEEN / WHITE PRINCESS

What It Is: Two seasons covering two stories in Philippa Gregory’s The Cousins War book series. Season One is the story of Elizabeth Woodville, York Queen and mother of the infamous “Princes in the Tower” allegedly murdered by Richard III. Gregory’s books and the tv show focus through the female perspective on the Wars of the Roses in fifteenth century England.

Where To Watch: Originally on Starz, The White Princess just recently broadcast its final episode. The White Queen is available to stream on Amazon Prime, and I imagine that The White Princess will not be far behind. I was unable to find information on a third season, but as Gregory has several books that continue the warring family saga, I wouldn’t be surprised if it was renewed.

Will I Like It? To be completely honest, this is my favorite of the shows I’ve included in this list. I’ve been a Philippa Gregory fan ever since I was in high school and first fell in love with The Other Boleyn Girl. Her stories bring a lot of family lineage, political minutiae, and land-grabbing to life. The White Queen and The White Princess have been critically acclaimed as a “feminist response” to Game of Thrones, which… while they certainly offer a nuanced perspective and, in Season Two, a noted female gaze, they’re not a “response” if the books were written before Game of Thrones ever aired. Just nitpicking on the critics not checking publication dates! Because it’s a terrific show, and if you love the strong female characters of Reign, then you’ll love these real women of English history. This brings me, of course, to the show I almost need not list based on the fact that you’ve definitely heard of—and probably seen it-- already…

4. GAME OF THRONES

What It Is: Warring families compete for The Iron Throne in the fantasy world of Westoros, while dark supernatural forces loom on the horizon to threaten life as they know it. Inspired by the A Song of Ice and Fire book series, author George R. R. Martin has stated in numerous interviews the significant influence of the Wars of the Roses, the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, and other classic “sword and sorcery” novels on his high fantasy books.

Where To Watch: Originally on HBO, but literally anywhere, as it’s the most pirated show in tv history. Available to stream in its entirety on HBOGo. Gearing up to debut its seventh (and penultimate) season next month.

Will I Like It? If you were into some of the magical and supernatural storylines from Reign, and can stomach some pretty intense violence, graphic adult scenes, people being mean to each other, and unending side characters and plots, then you’ll love it. I’ve loved this show, too. I don’t love it all of the time, but it’s hard to beat the dream casting, shocking moments, and truly gorgeous production quality.

5. POLDARK

What It Is: A young lord returns from fighting the rebels in America to his failing estate in Cornwall. Ross Poldark must save his mine, his tenants, and struggle to win love in eighteenth century Britain.

Where To Watch: Originally aired (in the US) on PBS, now available for streaming on Amazon Prime. Currently airing its third season.

Will I Like It? If you like the family drama and romance parts of Reign, then you’ll like Poldark. Also, if you’ve been a fan of The Forsyte Saga or Downton Abbey, then this is really the best show in this list for you… The balance of heartwarming and backstabbing moments between characters is exquisite, and the period details and beautiful seaside Cornwall are massively appealing. Also Aidan Turner has been mentioned as a potential future James Bond, so... do with that what you will.

BONUS! ROAR

What It Is: A series following a young Celtic warrior prince who is determined to protect his land from the invading Romans. To do that, he must gain the trust and respect of the Celtic tribes and find a way to overcome his adversary’s mysterious power in early Middle Ages-Britain.

Where To Watch: Apparently it originally aired on Fox, but I remember it from childhood in syndication on the SciFi (now SyFy, and no, I’m not afraid to date myself) Channel. It doesn’t look like it’s currently available to stream anywhere, but you can get the complete single season of 13 eps on DVD for a (shockingly high) $25 USD on Amazon.

Will I Like It? Roar is the *tamest* of all of the shows in this list in terms of graphic content since it originally aired on Broadcast television many years ago, so if you need a break from GoT you can check out Roar. But I made this one a Bonus! entry on the list because it’s difficult to find and (again, just being *honest*) of spotty quality. They were banking on the then-recent success of the Hercules and Xena shows, but I think that the seriousness of the Roar storylines and the confusing timeline of the show were its ultimate downfall. Nevertheless, I couldn’t *not* include it because I have truly enjoyed several watch-throughs of Roar myself. Hey, I’m an anglo (er, celto)-phile myself, I was bound to find something in it to love. Do you want to see bb Heath Ledger and bb Vera Farmiga? Of course you do! The charismatic actors are the best part of this series… and hey, if the dubious historicism, fantastical magic, and occasional camp appeal to you from Reign, then you’ll find a worthy stand-in in Roar.

#reign #what to watch next #versailles #the white queen #the white princess #medici: masters of florence #game of thrones #poldark #roar #goodbye beloved show

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taylorswiftbitch · 7 years

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Marie, Elizabeth and Catherine!

MARIE ANTOINETTE : Who was the most stylish queen?

Elizabeth II and Queen Letizia of Spain rn

Back in day, Elizabeth I, and of course, Marie Antoinette

CATHERINE DE' MEDICI : Which song reminds you of your favorite historical person?

Kingdom Fall reminds me of Mary Stuart

QUEEN ELIZABETH I. : What's your favorite period drama?

ITV’s Victoria, A Royal Affair, Elizabeth, The Tudors, The Hollow Crown, Catherine II and Mary, Queen of Scots, not the 70s version, the one from 2013

Queenly ask

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pickcpodcast · 5 years

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06 Show Notes - Which “bad queen” least deserves her reputation?

Jezabel [one of the original Bad QueensTM]and Ahab Meeting Elijah in Naboth's Vineyard. Print by Sir Frank Dicksee (1853-1928). Look at that stink eye she’s giving!

We’d like to begin this week’s show notes with a quick book recommendation: Game of Queens by Sarah Gristwood, which is about the 16th century, a time period Gristwood calls “a century of women.” Can’t lie, she makes a convincing case and does a fantastic job weaving together the stories of the dozens of women who ruled Europe as regents and in their own right throughout the 16th century, including two women on this list--Mary Tudor and Mary Queen of Scots.

Here’s the WorldCat link so you can screw over Amazon and instead find it in a library near you~ https://www.worldcat.org/title/game-of-queens-the-women-who-made-sixteenth-century-europe/oclc/1016988674

Speaking of which, our answer choices this week are:

Isabella of France

Mary I of England

Mary, Queen of Scots

Marie Antoinette

If you’re wondering why we only included European queens in this episode, you won’t be surprised to learn that history is rife with “bad queen” stories (see above). There are too many to fit into a single episode, so we decided to start with Europe, which most people are familiar with, and work our way to other parts of the world. As of this episode’s posting, we have two other “bad monarch” episodes in the works, including one about Chinese empresses--so fear not, and stay tuned!

And of course, before going to the juicy tidbits below, don’t forget to check out the actual episode and answer our poll!

Our first extra fun fact: all these women are actually related!

Both Mary Tudor and Mary Stuart are direct descendants of Isabella, through her son Edward III, whose descendant Elizabeth of York married the first Tudor king, Henry VII (Mary Tudor’s grandfather and Mary Stuart’s great-grandfather).

Mary Stuart is the granddaughter of Henry VIII’s sister (and Mary Tudor’s aunt) Margaret Tudor, who married James IV, the King of Scotland.

Marie Antoinette is related to Mary Stuart by marriage, being a descendant of Mary’s sister-in-law Claude of Valois.

She is also related to Mary Tudor on Mary’s mother’s side; she’s a direct descendant of Mary’s first cousin, Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I, the son of Mary’s aunt Juana “the Mad” of Castile--who was also a candidate for this episode!

Option A: Isabella of France (“the She-wolf”)

Reigned: 1308 (married to Edward II) – 1330 (removed from regency by her son Edward III)

Retour d'Isabelle de France en Angleterre (Isabella of France’s return to England). Grandes Chroniques de France, 1455-1460, illuminated by Jean Fouquet. Source

The older among you (or possibly the film buffs...maybe) may know Isabella as this chick:

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But (1) she very much did not bang William Wallace, having been 12 when she first became Princess of Wales and 3 in the year she supposedly met Wallace in the movie (which....most probably did not happen at all, but that’s the least of the things wrong with Braveheart).

And (2) there’s so much more to her story! Although Braveheart does get right the fact that she was one gutsy chick who could absolutely go toe-to-toe with the “great” (and, in the case of her husband, not-so-great) men of her day.

First of all, if you’re a fan of Jason Porath’s Rejected Princesses, Isabella is one of the features in his first book! You can find her entry here.

If you, like Lindsay, are a beleaguered university student drowning in academic papers, fear not! You can also learn more about Isabella’s life from these excellent documentaries:

She-Wolves told by Helen Castor, a series about early English queens. Episode 2: Isabella and Margaret https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ftgbUJ3ZLc&t=2s

Britain’s Bloodiest Dynasty told by Dan Jones, a series about the Plantagenet. Episode 3: Revenge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYBZVSShBIE

We also have a quick correction from the episode: the Ignoring Isabella in Favor of Boyfriend Incident happened not at Edward and Isabella’s wedding (which happened in France), but at the coronation feast held when the couple returned and were crowned King and Queen of England. To the surprise of absolutely no one, Piers Gaveston was left in charge while Edward was off getting hitched, which was..... a choice.

If you want receipts on Edward being, as Lindsay put it, a “man-loving man,” may we direct your attention to these two articles, which look at what the sources of the time have to say about the whole sordid matter.

Other sources on Isabella: [1] [2]

Option B: Mary I of England (Mary Tudor AKA “Bloody Mary”)

Reigned: 1553 – 1558

Thomas Eworth, 1555-58, oil on panel. Source

Aside from Game of Queens, one of the major sources we used for Mary’s life is this BBC documentary (we told you, Sophie watches a LOT of them): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eaMix9x4HE

The She-Wolves series also has an episode about the Tudor queens, including Mary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxmRco4P0bk

If you want to take a peek at John Foxe’s body count for Mary’s reign, the text of his Book of Martyrs is available online (hint: Mary’s reign starts in Chapter/Book 10). Similarly, the text of John Knox’s The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women, you can also find that text online. We’re going to refrain from linking it here because we love our readers and don’t want them exposed to *too much* misogynistic brain rot.

If you like to consume your history through historical fiction, Sophie recommends you skip Philippa Gregory and instead go for Mary, Bloody Mary by Carolyn Meyer. More on the YA side of things, but still better. (CW for a lot of uses of the w-slur though.)

Other sources on Mary: [1] [2] [3]

Option C: Mary, Queen of Scots (Mary Stuart)

Reigned: 1542 (6 days old) – 1567 (forced to abdicate the throne) Executed: 1587

François Clouet, 1558-60, miniature. Source

The picture above has an interesting story attached to it, which is that it (allegedly) belonged to Elizabeth I, who apparently treasured it. The whole relationship between Mary and Elizabeth is really fascinating, and Gristwood’s book goes into the diplomatic shenanigans between England and Scotland during the time--including Elizabeth asking, on more than one occasion, about why she and Mary couldn’t just get married, for Pete’s sake.

One of the major reasons Mary made our list is in honor of the film Mary Queen of Scots, which came out not too long before we recorded this episode. We didn’t really have time to go into all of the things wrong with that movie (so much? denim????) and how it doesn’t at all reflect the IRL dynamic between Mary and Elizabeth--but thankfully we don’t have to, because the lovely ladies over at Frock Flicks already did a podcast episode about it! Go listen: http://www.frockflicks.com/podcast-mary-queen-of-scots-2018/

Smithsonian also has a great article about the film and the history behind it: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true-story-mary-queen-scots-and-elizabeth-i-180970960/

For people who don’t give a fig about historical accuracy but also don’t care for excessive denim, a great series (read: trashy, hilarious, and entertaining in the extreme) to watch is Reign, which is less a portrayal of Mary’s story and more “CW drama vaguely associated with elements of Mary’s story.” One of the reasons I love it is because of Megan Follows, who plays Mary’s mother-in-law Catherine de’ Medici (who had an IRL reputation as Bitch Supreme and very nearly made this list). She’s utterly ridiculous and it’s a thing of beauty.

Historical fic recommendation: Mary, Queen of Scots: Queen Without a Country by Kathryn Lasky. Part of the Royal Diaries series for young readers, which are really much better than they get credit for.

Other sources on Mary (Queen of Scots): [1] [2] [3]

Option D: Marie Antoinette

Reigned: 1774 (her husband’s accession) - 1792 (overthrow of the French monarchy) Executed: 1793

Louise Elisabeth Vigee le Brun, oil on canvas, 1783. This iconic painting shows Marie Antoinette in one of her “shepherdess” costumes, known as the chemise a la reine. The gentrified informality of the painting managed to piss off absolutely everybody. Source

She’s known for having said “Let them eat cake,” but most historians agree that she did not, in fact, say this--she just took the fall for some other royal, who was quoted by Jean-Jaques Rousseau in a book he wrote when Marie was all of twelve years old.

Marie Antoinette is also known as the Queen of Fashion, someone who started and ended fashion trends at will and spent lavishly on gowns. This part is true, but fewer people know that she didn’t do it alone--she had the help of a hugely talented merchande de mode named Rose Bertin. Bertin is credited with many of the Queen’s most iconic looks, including the chemise a la reine above, which you can learn more about Episode 6 of Amber Burchart’s fashion history docuseries, A Stitch in Time.

An addition to something we mentioned in the episode: the one guy that Marie Antoinette may have cheated on her husband with (just maybe, and we’re not even sure about that) was a Swedish military officer named Hans Axel von Fersen, with whom she was close friends. This guy actually has a fascinating story in his own right, but the bit we care about is that he was one of the few people who stuck with Marie until the end, helping to organize her attempt to escape Paris.

Historical fic recommendation: Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles also by Kathryn Lasky. Lasky’s research is really very solid, and I think the book does a great job at showing how truly uncomfortable Marie was at the French court.

#history #feminism #marie antoinette #bloody mary #mary queen of scots #episode 6

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Revenge of the Mary Sue (s)! Female Protagonists in Historical Dramas: “… women can hardly be blamed for not being feminists in advance of the concept, for not stepping outside their time frame or not possessing an anachronistic sense of their own worth.” ~Red Roses: Blanche of Gaunt to Margaret Beaufort by Amy Licence ^This is something that should be taken into account by every history buff and especially feminist history fans who are easy to jump on the bandwagon of the endless Mary-Suefication of countless historical dramas where women are showing unusual behavior from what was expected of them (according to their station). This is a common trend in Hollywood. We have it in science fiction, fantasy, drama as well. Producers think they are doing us (women) a favor but in reality they are downplaying on the other women who might not have shared these ‘larger-than-life’ qualities. Take the White Queen for example. It was a good production. I enjoyed it, same as I enjoyed all of Philippa Greggory’s books, but was it accurate? Of course not. Elizabeth Woodville was presented as a quasi-feminist Mary Sue character and her second husband, Edward IV, was the Gary Stu of all Gary Stus. They were perfect, magical, loving. Sure, they had their problems, but even when the audience was tempted to sympathize with their rivals, they still felt more sympathetic towards the Yorkist couple because why not? She was fierce, loud and was not afraid to “be a match for any man.” These words are taken from secondary sources which reputedly came from Elizabeth’s contemporaries who believed she did say these things when Edward IV tried to take advantage of her. Some of you might take this as ‘proof’ that Elizabeth was a strong woman and not the typical submissive girl the Neville women were, but was she? Or is that what the White Queen really gave us? Because I just don’t see it. Let met break it down to you: Women DID wield power over their husband’s subjects and their tenants. But this power was ultimately dependent on their personality. As Amy Licence stresses out in the next paragraph, using Joan, second wife of Henry IV of England as an example: “There had been times in Joan’s life when she was able to exert her will, to shape her destiny, when the letters she wrote to Henry IV before their marriage briefly forced the female narrative to the fore, and her actions helped direct the course of national history. Nevertheless, she was powerless to speak in her own defence as an imprisoned widow, pointing towards the conclusion that any power exercised by women was something of an illusion, which they enjoyed because their men gave them permission to do so.” She also adds that whenever women acted out of the ordinary they were demonized. Those that weren’t was because they cited precedent or biblical law. Astoundingly, there are many heroines in the bible that women could take as their role models to justify their ‘rebellious’ behavior. Deborah was used as a tool of Elizabethan propaganda in the sixteenth century. The last Tudor monarch was often painted next to female saints, classical and biblical figures whose acts validated Elizabeth I’s claim and her uniqueness as an unwed female monarch. Elizabeth Woodville’s actions, if she really did say all of those things, must be viewed in the same context. She didn’t stand up to Edward IV because she thought ‘I am going to set an example to all male rogues who think of taking advantage of defenseless women’. No! She thought of her gender in the same terms as her peers did. Those words to Edward were her faith talking, nothing else. Formerly, the Earl of March, the eldest surviving son of the slain Richard Plantagenet Duke of York and Cecily Neville, had a reputation as a lady’s man. As such, Elizabeth Woodville would have been careful with how she carried herself with him. After all, she was a widow and she was dependent on the new regime’s mercy if she wanted to keep her children’s fortunes intact. After her first husband, John Grey of Grosby died, she was almost penniless. When she became untouchable -and thus, desirable- to Edward IV, she saw an opportunity to turn the tables around, back in her family’s favor. Her behavior was typical of any fifteenth century courtier, especially a widow who previously belonged to the losing party. Ironically though, the same behavior that many fans championed Elizabeth for having is condemned as her rivals. This is not strange. The White Queen acts as a Victorian retelling of the wars of the roses or as it is now popularly called “the cousins’ war”. It is a story where Elizabeth and her mother are magical women who capture the attention of a dashing royal rogue called Edward IV who deposed an evil dynasty who was corrupt and crazy (to paraphrase Margaret Beaufort’s second husband in the series). As such, every other woman who is not part of the Woodville clan, has to be by definition ‘ugly’, ‘greedy’ or simply ‘less than’. But is it fair? In entertainment you can say it is fair. It is fiction and they can do whatever they want in the name of ratings; but when it comes to history it becomes a problem. These women were not saints, neither were they power-hungry villains. They were raised to be the perfect consorts, to do anything that was in the best interest of their families. Nothing more, nothing less. They often switched sides for that same purpose and whenever they broke conventional norms, they justified by citing religious or historical precedence. And let's not get started over the Hollywood Mary Sue-fication of other historical figures like Elizabeth I of England and Mary, Queen of Scots. People love their larger-than-life characters. It gives us something to aspire to, something to look forward to. If they could do it, then so can we, right? But after you read about their true stories, you realize that their lives were anything but pleasant. Elizabeth I navigated through murky waters to keep her throne. Even when she defeated all of her enemies, she wasn't happy. This page, Tudor Brasil: Dinastia Tudor, Renascimento e Outros Períodos da História, The Anne Boleyn Files,Queen to History, Tudor Nerds with Glasses,Tudors: Fact vs Fiction, and many other historical pages have done many articles on how complicated her reign was. Even when she saw herself as an exception to the rule of 'women can't be good rulers' that Protestant John Knox about, she still believed that women were inferior to men because that is how she was raised to think. If she were to spouse any view that challenged this notion, she would have been deposed in her first year as Queen. This isn't to say she wasn't exceptional. She was, but not for the reasons that feminists and Hollywood portray her as. When she delivered her famous speech at Tilbury in 1588, she didn't wear full armor -as depicted in the sequel to Kapur's Elizabeth, Elizabeth: The Golden Age. She wore simple breastplate and female dress. Some historians like John Guy in his latest biography on Elizabeth, doubt the veracity of her words, citing that Elizabeth's speeches were often written by her councilors and sometimes they put words to her mouth to make her seem as greater than she actually was. Reign's take on Mary, Queen of Scots is probably one of the best examples of Mary-Suefication with Mary, Queen of Scots being depicted as ahead of her times, self-righteous and a victim as opposed to her mother-in-law and cousin-from-hell, Catherine Medici and Elizabeth I of England respectively. And last but not least, we have Isabel in the Spanish series Isabel. And I know what you are going to say 'the series did her justice'. It did in some ways, but it also fell into the same trap that other historical dramas with a female protagonist fell into. The series gave us a nuance portrayal of the Catholic Kings, but it also gave us instances where Isabel was too perfect, showing she was ahead of her times in her line of thinking. Once again, she wasn't. Even when she did spouse progressive ideas in regards to women, she still held the same beliefs regarding gender as her husband and the rest of her peers. Even the women who took up arms against their spouses or went to court suing them (and there are various cases on the latter), still held the same convictions that they did when they were young and taught that women were inferior to men, or in some cases, a deformed version of man. For more info on this subject, I recommend the following books: 1. Elizabeth: The Forgotten Years by John Guy 2. Elizabeth: The Struggle for the throne by David Starkey 3. Tudor by Leanda de Lisle 4. Tudors vs Stewarts by Linda Porter 5. Anne Boleyn Collection by Claire Ridgway 6. Red Roses: Blanche of Gaunt to Margaret Beaufort by Amy Licence/ In Bed With the Tudors & Six Wives and the Many Mistresses of Henry VIII by Amy Licence 7. Jezebel by Kyra Cornelius Kramer 8. Isabella: Warrior Queen by Kirstin Downey 9. Isabel La Catolica by Cristina Hernando 10. Mary, Queen of Scots by Antonia Fraser 11. The Woodvilles by Susan Higginbotham

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Queen Elizabeth I, Catherine de Medici

Queen Elizabeth I: What’s your favourite period drama?

The Young Victoria!

Catherine de Medici: Which song reminds you of your favourite historical person?

This one’s so hard, Walton’s Crown Imperial always reminded me of King George VI since it was composed for his coronation

Thank you!

#ladytudorrose #ask

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tuseriesdetv · 4 years

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Noticias de series de la semana: Toni vuelve a Netflix

Renovaciones

BBC One ha renovado The Syndicate por una cuarta temporada

BET ha renovado House of Payne por una octava temporada

TVE ha renovado Estoy vivo por una cuarta temporada

Cancelaciones

Showtime ha cancelado Ray Donovan tras su séptima temporada

La quinta temporada de If Loving You Is Wrong (OWN) será la última

La segunda temporada de Justo antes de Cristo (Movistar+) será la última

Noticias cortas

Life (BBC One) es un spin-off de Doctor Foster protagonizado por Anna Baker (Victoria Hamilton, The Crown), que se ha cambiado el nombre y vive sola en una nueva ciudad. Esta es una de las cuatro historias interconectadas de la nueva serie.

Barry Keoghan (Y) abandona Y: The Last Man.

Medalion Rahimi (Fatima Namazi) será regular en la undécima temporada de NCIS: LA.

Fichajes

Toni Collette (Unbelievable, Hereditary) protagonizará Pieces of Her. Será Laura, habitante ejemplar de un pequeño pueblo de Georgia que lleva años ocultando su verdadera identidad.

J.K. Simmons (Counterpart, Whiplash) y Bruce Dern (Nebraska, Coming Home) se unen como regulares a la cuarta y última temporada de Goliath. Serán George Zax, líder de una gran compañía farmacéutica familiar; y Frank Zax, el hermano de George, genio científico y la oveja negra de la familia.

Jeanne Tripplehorn (Big Love, Criminal Minds) será recurrente en The Gilded Age como una figura enigmática que se ve excluida de la alta sociedad debido a su pasado.

Jennifer Esposito (The Affair, The Boys) será Talia Mallay, dueña de una marca de estilo de vida lujoso, en Inventing Anna.

Cary Elwes (Saw, The Princess Bride) será alguien del pasado de Katy (Lucy Hale) en Katy Keene.

Natalie Zea (The Detour, The Following) será recurrente en 911: Lone Star como Zoe, nuevo interés de Owen (Rob Lowe).

Sam Claflin (The Hunger Games, Peaky Blinders) será Billy Dunne, líder de The Six, en Daisy Jones & The Six. Camila Morrone (Never Goin' Back) será Camila, la novia de Billy.

Zach Gilford (Friday Night Lights, This Close), Kate Siegel (The Haunting of Hill House, Hush) y Hamish Linklater (Legion, The Newsroom) protagonizarán Midnight Mass. Completan el reparto Annabeth Gish (The Haunting of Hill House, Pretty Little Liars), Michael Trucco (Battlestar Galactica, How I Met Your Mother), Samantha Sloyan (Grey's Anatomy, The Haunting of Hill House), Henry Thomas (The Haunting of Hill House, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial), Rahul Abburi (Good Game), Crystal Balint (The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco), Matt Biedel (Altered Carbon, The Umbrella Academy), Alex Essoe (Doctor Sleep, The Haunting of Bly Manor), Rahul Kohli (iZombie, Supergirl), Kristin Lehman (The Killing, Altered Carbon), Robert Longstreet (The Haunting of Hill House, Doctor Sleep), Igby Rigney y Annarah Shephard.

Lindsey Morgan (The 100) protagonizará el reboot de Walker junto a Jared Padalecki. Será Micki, nueva compañera de Walker nacida y criada en San Antonio.

Lior Raz (Fauda, 6 Underground) protagonizará Hit and Run, la serie que ha creado para Netflix. Será Segev Azulai, un antiguo soldado de las fuerzas especiales felizmente casado en Tel Aviv que debe enfrentarse a su pasado cuando su mujer Danielle (Kaelen Ohm, Queen of Spades) muere en un misterioso accidente de atropello y fuga. Sanaa Lathan (The Affair, Shots Fired) será Noami Hicks, una antigua amante que se dedica al periodismo en Nueva York. Gregg Henry (Scandal, The Killing) y Moran Rosenblatt (Fauda) serán Martin Wexler, el padre de Danielle; y Tali Shapira, un detective primo de Segev.

Sebastian De Souza (Skins, Medici: Masters of Florence) se une a The Great como regular. Será Leo, aristócrata que se enamora de Catherine (Elle Fanning).

Danielle Deadwyler (Watchmen, Atlanta) será recurrente en Station Eleven como Miranda Carroll, autora de la novela gráfica y exmujer de Arthur (Gael García Bernal).

Carmel Laniado (A Christmas Carol, Dolittle) será Violet, una niña juguetona y caprichosa pero también inteligente y sádica, en la segunda temporada de The Witcher.

Oliver Coopersmith (Tin Star, Humans), Imogen Daines (Black Mirror) y Diany Samba-Bandza (Jack Ryan) se unen a Intergalactic.

Charles Michael Davis (The Originals, Younger) se une como regular a la sexta temporada de NCIS: New Orleans. Será Quentin Carter, nuevo agente transferido a Nueva Orleans a petición de Pride (Scott Bakula).

Mike Cabellon (Orange Is the New Black) se une como regular a la comedia de NBC protagonizada por Ted Danson, Holly Hunter y Robby Moynihan.

Jordan Elsass (Little Fires Everywhere) y Alexander Garfin interpretarán a Jonathan y Jordan, los hijos de Lois (Elizabeth Tullock) y Clark (Tyler Hoechlin), en Superman & Lois.

Abigail Shapiro será Dorothy, hija de Niles (Timothy Dalton), en la segunda temporada de Doom Patrol.

Pósters

Nuevas series

Netflix encarga diez episodios de White Stork, thriller británico en el que un periodista es enviado a investigar a un futuro parlamentario (Tom Hiddleston; The Night Manager, Loki) y descubre secretos que podrían destruir su matrimonio, su carrera y a las personas que apoyan la campaña. Creada por Christopher Dunlop (Deep State, Jericho) y dirigida por Kristoffer Nyholm (Taboo, Forbrydelsen).

CBS encarga The Lincoln Lawyer, basada en las novelas de Michael Connelly en las que un iconoclasta idealista adicto a los opioides toma casos legales en Los Ángeles desde la parte trasera de su Lincoln Town Car. Kiele Sanchez (Kingdom, Lost) será Lorna, la segunda exmujer y gestora del negocio de Mickey Haller. Creada por David E. Kelley (Big Little Lies, Ally McBeal) y escrita por Ted Humphrey (The Good Wife, Wisdom of the Crowd). Adam Bernstein (Breaking Bad, Californication) produce y dirige el piloto.

Showtime ha dado luz verde directa a First Ladies, la antología en la que Viola Davis interpretará a Michelle Obama.

ITV encarga tres episodios de Karen Pirie, drama adaptación de las novelas de Val McDermid que sigue a una joven detective escocesa a la que le asignan reabrir la investigación de un crimen que ha sido el tema de un provocativo podcast true crime: el asesinato de una camarera en 1995, del cual acusaron a los tres estudiantes borrachos que la encontraron, aunque nunca fueron a la cárcel. Escrita por Emer Kenny (Red Rock, Harlots).

BBC Two encarga seis episodios de Mandy, comedia sobre una mujer que sueña con criar dobermans pinscher y para superar los obstáculos alquila su habitación en Airbnb y coge varios trabajos de corta duración y sueldo escaso. Escrita, dirigida y protagonizada por Diane Morgan (After Life, Frayed). Michelle Greenidge (After Life, Code 404) será Lola, amiga y confidente de Mandy.

Fechas

Meet the Richardsons se estrena en Dave el 27 de febrero

My Left Nut se estrena en BBC Three el 1 de marzo

La segunda temporada de Kingdom llega a Netflix el 13 de marzo

Run se estrena en HBO el 12 de abril

La tercera temporada de Genius, sobre Aretha Franklin, se estrena en Nat Geo el 25 de mayo

Tráilers y promos

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, WandaVision y Loki