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Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Historian Dr. Lucy Worsley travels back in time to the Tudor Court of England's Henry VIII to witness some of the most dramatic moments in the lives of his six wives. Combining drama based on eyewitness accounts and historical sources with Lucy's own contemporary historical commentary, it is these women's stories that Lucy sets out to uncover, witness, and explore.
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A true tale that took fifty years to tell, The Lost Weekend: A Love Story follows John Lennon and Yoko Ono's personal assistant, May Pang, as she recounts her eighteen-month relationship with John--a relationship orchestrated by Yoko herself. During this extraordinary period, May helped John reunite with his son Julian and participated firsthand in his most productive period post-Beatles in which he released albums like "Mind Games", "Walls and Bridges",...
3) Lillie
Pub. Date
2000.
Edition
Digital collector's edition.
Language
English
Description
When Lillie Langtry defies the moral traditions of Victorian England and nineteenth century America, she becomes one of the most celebrated and scandalous women of her time. Bold, intelligent and witty, Lillie, with her dazzling beauty and brazen determination, is liberated from a woman's "proper" place in society. Rising from modest beginnings to international superstar to the bed of the Prince of Wales, she is a "serial" lover, attracting attention...
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Français
Description
It's 1891, Gauguin has exiled himself to Tahiti in order to rediscover his painting, far from the moral, political, and visual codes of civilized Europe. He goes deep into the jungle, managing solitude, poverty, and sickness. He meets Tehura, who will become his wife, and the theme of his greatest paintings.
5) Lillie
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Depicts the life and many loves of Lillie Langtry, the British actress who both shocked and fascinated Victorian society.
Series
Language
Français
Description
The dramatic account of the romance between the aspiring young sculptor Camille Claudel and her internationally known colleague, Auguste Rodin, in turn-of-the-century Paris. The emotional strain Claudel experiences as a result of the restrictions of French society against female artists, her lover's fame, and his affection for another woman eventually bring about her downfall. This is the uncut French version of the film.
7) Lillie
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Portrays the acclaimed British actress and courtesan Lillie Langtry from the blush of youth to the blight of old age. At a time when society expected women to be docile and demure, Lillie posed for celebrity endorsements, conducted her own business affairs, and paid her first husband to keep his distance. Even more scandalously, she openly entertained a string of lovers among Europe's elite, including the very married Prince of Wales.
Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Harry Street, a frustrated author/big game hunter lies dying in the shadow of Africa's Mount Kilimanjaro, reliving his life, adventures, ambitions, frustrations ... and many loves. Wounded both in his leg and in his spirit, Street lapses in and out of consciousness while memories of his love life pass before his eyes: from the spoiled countess who sought to possess him to the one who loved but left him, taking his spark of life with her long before...
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