While doing posts on contemporary regional Indian period movies, I made a rough list of Indian period films. These are listed below. Some are historicals but the bulk fall into the 19th and 20th century. The list is fairly rough so feel free to add more, especially if they are in languages other than Hindi.
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I stayed up WAY too late reading Syrie James’ RUNAWAY HEIRESS last night (loved it). Which of course means that it was time for a new book today.
And with Christmas only 10 days away, I figured it was finally time to read HOW THE DUKES STOLE CHRISTMAS. I had a lot of reasons to pick up this collection. Four authors I adore, all in book?! Historical Christmas romance!? That cover?!! But the biggest reason?
Sarah MacLean’s novella, “The Duke of Christmas Present”, the A Christmas Carol retelling in which Eben(ezer Scrooge), Duke of Allryd, actually gets his happily ever after with the woman he once lost.
I mean she may as well have sliced open a sack of catnip and let me roll in it. Because Scrooge and Belle’ s separation has always killed me - frankly, I blame that heartbreaking song in The Muppet Christmas Carol. But anyway, holy mistletoe I have been waiting to read this novella. Time for a little Victorian Christmas cheer!
first look at Joe as Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol
Vinette Robinson as Mary Cratchit (centre) in the upcoming, three-part adaptation by Stephen Knight (Peaky Blinders,Taboo). Several big names are attached to this one, including Tom Hardy and Guy Pearce.
Robinson comments, “In the books you don’t learn much about [Mary Cratchit] other than she is the wife of Bob and the mother of Tim, but, in this version of the story, Steven has imagined her side of events and how she deals with the strained circumstances that the family is under. First and foremost, she’s a good mum, she’s so resilient, she’s sensitive and she’s tough and she’ll do anything for her family. She has to keep her family safe and has to make some very tough decisions on that front. […] What’s great is that Steven has written two female characters who have agency, Lottie [Charlotte Riley as the Ghost of Christmas Present] and Mary, and done so in a really clever way. They are not passive and very much drive their own stories.”
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