Atonement

 
 
Set during the WWII, Atonement, adapted from the novel with the same name by Ian McEwan, is a movie dealing with guilt. The guilt that Briony Tallis feels for having accused an innocent young man and destroying the love and the lives of Robbie and her sister Cecilia. It’s also about false perceptions. What Briony does [...]

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Shakespeare In Love

Shakespeare in Love is a light comedy about the famous English writer and the Elizabethan theatre.
The movie does give us some insight on the theatre world, how plays were commissioned, how playwrights and producers worked and what the inside of the theatre looked like. But we feel the message would have been better delivered by [...]

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Merlin (2008)

Merlin’s legend is basically fantasy, though completely different from Lord of the Rings which creates its own world, it tells a fantastical story set in Medieval Europe, with all the details and background consistent to it. That’s why we’ve been announcing BBC One’s new series, Merlin, as something we’d might enjoy, there was still a [...]

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Persuasion Giveaway Winner

 
The winner of our Persuasion giveaway is:

Naanreads
Please contact ana.teixeira1972 at gmail dot com with your address so we can send it on. Congratulations Naanreads !
Note: After 7 days, if the winner does not contact us, we’ll chose another person.
 
 

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Vanity Fair Giveaway Winner

The winner of our Vanity Fair giveaway is:
Laura
Please contact ana.sa.oliveira at gmail dot com with your address so we can send it on. Congratulations, Laura!
Note: After 7 days, if the winner does not contact us, we’ll chose another person.

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North & South Giveaway Winner

The winner of the North & South DVD giveaway is:
 NannaEB
Please contact us at oriana.lutece at gmail dot com with your address so we can send it on. Congratulations, Nanna!
Note: After 7 days, if the winner does not contact us, we’ll chose another person.

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Thank you!

We were planning to answer everyone on the threads but we have had so many visitors these past few days that that has proved to be an impossible task. We’re very happy to see so many new people enjoying our blog and we are looking forward to chatting with all of you in the future. [...]

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Our Favorites & a Giveaway

After one year talking about period dramas, we thought it should be interesting if each of us would chose a favorite and write something about it. Here are our choices:
 
Jane Eyre by Ana O.

When we decided we’d be writing something about our favourite period drama, there was no doubt in my mind that I’d be writing [...]

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BBC Vanity Fair Giveaway

Today we are giving away the exciting BBC series Vanity Fair:

To win you only have to guess the names of the following movies/series. The person who guesses more will be the winner. If there are several people with the same number of correct answers we’ll enter their names in the Raffle King who will select [...]

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Period Drama Conversion Kit

If you are as fond of period dramas as we are you are always amazed at how other people don’t seem to love them as much as we do. We are are always lending our favourites to friends, family and coworkers and eagerly waiting for their opinion on the series. Unfortunately we are yet to [...]

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