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Southcliffe. by Durkin, Sean,film director.; Weaver, Al,actor.; Kinnear, Rory,actor.; Harris, Sean,actor.; Henderson, Shirley,actor.; BBC Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Al Weaver, Rory Kinnear, Sean Harris, Shirley HendersonOriginally produced by BBC Studios in 2013.Set in a fictional English town devastated by a spate of shootings which take place over a single day. When journalist David Whitehead returns to his childhood home to report on the shootings, he finds a town ripped apart by violence and sudden bereavement. The residents' resilience, both as a community and as individuals, has been cruelly tested. As David searches for answers, his story interweaves with those closest to the victims of the tragedy, revealing their lives before, during and after the killings.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Horror films.; Crime.; Thrillers (Motion pictures).; Television series--Great Britain.;
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The Victorians : English literature in its historical, cultural and social contexts / by Cruttenden, Aidan;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 94), Internet addresses and index.
Subjects: English literature; Literature and history; Authors, English;
© c2003., Facts on File,
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Wolf Hall / by Mantel, Hilary,1952-author.;
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Cromwell, Thomas, Earl of Essex, 1485?-1540;
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The eagle and the hart : the tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV / by Castor, Helen,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."From an acclaimed historian and author comes an epic history: the dual biography of Richard II and Henry IV, two cousins whose lives played out in extraordinary parallel, until Henry deposed the tyrant Richard and declared himself King of England. Richard of Bordeaux and Henry of Bolingbroke, cousins born just three months apart, were ten years old when Richard became king of England. They were thirty-two when Henry deposed him and became king in his place. Now, the story behind one of the strangest and most fateful events in English history (and the inspiration behind Shakespeare's most celebrated history plays) is brought to vivid life by the acclaimed author of Blood and Roses, Helen Castor. Richard had birthright on his side, and a profound belief in his own God-given majesty. But beyond that, he lacked all qualities of leadership. A narcissist who did not understand or accept the principles that underpinned his rule, he was neither a warrior defending his kingdom, nor a lawgiver whose justice protected his people. Instead, he declared that "his laws were in his own mouth," and acted accordingly. He sought to define as treason any resistance to his will and recruited a private army loyal to himself rather than the realm-and he intended to destroy those who tried to restrain him. Henry was everything Richard was not: a leader who inspired both loyalty and friendship, a soldier and a chivalric hero, dutiful, responsible, principled. After years of tension and conflict, Richard banished him and seized his vast inheritance. Richard had been crowned a king but he had become a tyrant, and as a tyrant-ruling by arbitrary will rather than established law-he was deposed by his cousin Henry, the only possible candidate to take his place. Henry was welcomed as a liberator, a champion of the people against his predecessor's paranoid despotism. But within months he too was facing rebellion. Men knew that a deposer could in turn be deposed, and the new king found himself buffeted by unrest and by chronic ill-health until he seemed a shadow of his former self, trapped by political uncertainty and troubled by these signs that God might not, after all, endorse his actions. Captivating, immersive, and highly relevant to today's times, The Eagle and the Hart is a story about what happens when a ruler prioritizes power over the interests of his own people. When a ruler demands loyalty to himself as an individual, rather than duty to the established constitution, and when he seeks to reshape reality rather than concede the force of verifiable truths. Above all, it is a story about how a nation was brought to the brink of catastrophe and disintegration-and, in the end, how it was brought back"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Richard II, King of England, 1367-1400.; Henry IV, King of England, 1367-1413.;
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Great-Uncle Harry : a tale of war and empire / by Palin, Michael,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Some years ago a stash of family records was handed down to Michael Palin, among which were photos of an enigmatic young man in army uniform, as well as photos of the same young man as a teenager looking uncomfortable at family gatherings. This, Michael learned, was his Great-Uncle Harry, born in 1884, died in 1916. He had previously had no idea that he had a Great-Uncle Harry, much less that his life was cut short at the age of 32 when he was killed in the Battle of the Somme. The discovery both shocked him and made him want to know much more. The quest that followed involved hundreds of hours of painstaking detective work. Michael dug out every bit of family gossip and correspondence he could. He studied every relevant official document. He tracked down what remained of his great-uncle Harry's diaries and letters, and pored over photographs of First World War battle scenes to see whether Harry appeared in any of them. He walked the route Harry took on that fatal, final day of his life amid the mud of northern France. And as he did so, a life that had previously existed in the shadows was revealed to him. Great-Uncle Harry is an utterly compelling account of an ordinary man who led an extraordinary life. A blend of biography, history, travelogue and personal memoir, this is Michael Palin at his very finest."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Palin, Harry, 1884-1916.; Soldiers; Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916.; World War, 1914-1918;
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Victoria. [videorecording] / by Andrews, Guy,screenwriter.; Audsley, Nicholas,1982-actor.; Bartlett, Sabrina,actor.; Boulter, David(Producer),television producer.; Bowles, Peter,1936-actor.; Burnett, David(Actor),actor.; Coleman, Jenna,1986-actor.; Fleetwood, Kate,1972-actor.; Fox, Laurence,actor.; Goodwin, Daisy,creator,screenwriter.; Hudson, Nell,1990-actor.; Hughes, Tom,1986-actor.; Jennings, Alex,actor.; Kingsley, Ferdinand,1988-actor.; Knight, Tommy,1993-actor.; Regan, Vincent,actor.; Sax, Geoffrey,television director.; Schiller, Adrian,actor.; Sessions, John,1953-actor.; Swainsbury, Sam,actor.; Thomas, Chloë,television director.; Thomas, Delyth,television director.; Thomas, Edwin,1987-actor.; Travers, Lily,actor.; Waller, Jordan,actor.; Wilford, Ottilie,screenwriter.; Wilson-Jones, Anna,actor.; ITV (Firm),broadcaster.; Mammoth Screen (Firm),production company.; PBS Distribution (Firm),distributor.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),broadcaster,publisher.;
Jenna Coleman, Tom Hughes, Nicholas Audsley, Sabrina Bartlett, Peter Bowles, David Burnett, Kate Fleetwood, Nell Hudson, Ferdinand Kingsley, Tommy Knight, Vincent Regan, Adrian Schiller, Sam Swainsbury, Edwin Thomas, Lily Travers, Jordan Waller, Anna Wilson-Jones, John Sessions, Laurence Fox, Alex Jennings.Ascending to the throne in 1838, the young Victoria spends the early years of her reign struggling with her duties as monarch, harboring a romantic interest in Prime Minister Lord Melbourne (Rufus Sewell) before eventually marrying Prince Albert (Tom Hughes).PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Fiction television programs.; Television programs.; Historical television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1861; Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901; Kings and rulers; Man-woman relationships; Nobility; Queens;
For private home use only.
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Pride and prejudice and Pittsburgh / by Lippincott, Rachael,author.;
When disheartened Pittsburgh teen Audrey transports back to 1812 England, she expects to find love as a Regency romance heroine, but surprisingly sparks fly when she meets Lucy Sinclair.014+.Grades 10-12.
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Historical fiction.; Lesbian fiction.; Queer fiction.; Time-travel fiction.; Novels.; Lesbians; Love; Time travel; Lesbians; Love; Time travel;
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37 days [videorecording] / by Farrell, Nicholas,actor.; McDiarmid, Ian,actor.; Pigott-Smith, Tim,actor.; BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.; British Broadcasting Corporation,broadcaster.; Warner Bros. Entertainment,film distributor.; Warner Home Video (Firm);
Ian McDiarmid, Tim Pigott-smith, Nicholas Farrell.This three-part political thriller follows the catastrophic chain of events leading up to World War I from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914 to Britain's declaration of war on Germany 37 days later. This tense and gripping mini-series set amongst the corridors of power in Whitehall and Berlin tracks the unfolding crisis through the eyes of leading politicians and civil servants struggling to prevent the world's first global war.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Historical television programs.; Political television programs.; Television mini-series.; World War, 1914-1918;
© c2014., BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc. ; Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video,
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A foreign country / by Cumming, Charles,1971-;
Subjects: Spy stories.; Suspense fiction.; Great Britain. MI6; Military intelligence; Missing persons; Undercover operations;
© 2012., St. Martin's Press,
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Churchill : the life : an authorized pictorial biography / by Arthur, Max,1939-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.A biography of Churchill in honor of 50 years since his death, including previously unpublished photographs of artifacts in the Churchill Archive Centre; family pictures and private correspondence; telegrams, drafts of speeches, press cuttings and official papers; ephemera, like an early report card that describes him as "very bad--in constant trouble to everybody"; pictorial timelines; public correspondence and historical items given to him; and fascinating and exhaustingly researched captions and quotes.LSC
Subjects: Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.; Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965; Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965; Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965; Prime ministers; Statesmen; Politicians;
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