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The Libertine
Johnny Depp, Paul Ritter
Weinstein Company, 2006
Depp best performance
+ Impressive piece of bawdy tragedy
+ No, I don't like you.
+ For once the deleted scenes were needed!
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Knowledge and Practice in English Medicine, 1550-1680
Andrew Wear
Cambridge University Press, 2000
This is a major synthesis of the knowledge and practice of early modern English medicine, as expressed in vernacular texts set in their social and cultural contexts. The book vividly maps out some central areas: remedies (and how they were made credible), notions of disease, advice on preventive medicine and on healthy living, and how and why surgeons worked on the body. In particular, two of the ...
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The Tower Menagerie: The Amazing 600-Year History of the Royal Collection of Wild and Ferocious Beasts Kept ...
Daniel Hahn
Tarcher, 2004
A great read!
+ Lions and Tigers and Bears- OH MY!
This isn't really a book about a zoo. Amazingly, it's more of a trip through various years of human history with the zoo as a recurring reference. Daniel Hahn manages to weave in and out of people, ideas and events and pulls them together in a way you wish your history teacher had done back at ...
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Lord Rochester's Monkey: Being the Life of John Wilmot, Second Earl of Rochester
Graham Greene
Viking Press, 1974
Good
The one that has arrive later comparing it to the others I ordered, though it finally arrives.
Nice book, and it looks like if it where older than me xD
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Royal Harlot: A Novel of the Countess Castlemaine and King Charles II
Susan Holloway Scott
NAL Trade, 2007
A Survivor!
+ Mom loved it!
+ Royal Harlot
+ Royal Harlot
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A Profane Wit : The Life of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester
James William Johnson
University of Rochester Press, 2004
Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know
+ A Profane Wit
+ An Excellent Tribute to Rochester
+ The Libertine
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The Man of Mode (New Mermaids)
George Etherege
Methuen Drama, 2008
Classic Example of Restoration Comedy - Dialogue is Witty and Entertaining
Rather unexpectedly, I found The Man of Mode (1676) to be entertaining comedy. Although quite popular for several decades, it began falling out of favor in the 1730s. A 1965 revival in Yorkshire was the first known production since 1793. For its humor George Etherege's play offers witty ...
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National Geographic - Mega Structures Collection
National Geographic Video, 2006
Great Collection
The Mega Structures set is AWSOME, you learn about the c-5 and what it takes to keep them rolling, and just how big they really are, and about differnt cargo ships and how things are loaded and unloaded, really intresting. The diamond mine gives you need appreciation for how BIG some piece of ...
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Young Rochester
Joan Ruddle
Book Guild Ltd, 1996
Rochester - in the Beginning
Not a bad book at all, considering that fiction with Rochester is nearly non-existant! This one starts just after he has been sent to the Tower for the kidnapping of Ms. Mallet, and ends with his marriage and bedding. Most of it concerns his time at sea, with the romance aspects on land. It does ...
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The Perfect Royal Mistress: A Novel
Three Rivers Press, 2007
Mistress
+ very good read
+ Bitter-sweet Love Story & Rags-to-Riches Tale
I'd heard and read about Nell Gwynn but until I read this book I didn't know she was King Charles II's royal mistress for over 17 years. How she kept him interested that long when others came and went over that period of time was truly an eye opener. If Charles had not been king I truly believe he ...
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The Last King - The Power and the Passion of Charles II
Martin Turner (II), Rufus Sewell
A&E Home Video, 2004
Great Drama and History
+ A leadership portrait
+ Almost Unknown TV Series
+ Alas...this is a shorter version!!
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Restoration
Robert Downey Jr., Sam Neill
Miramax, 1999
Interesting Movie
+ Restoration
+ Surprisingly great!
+ Yes, it's beautiful, but it's more than that
+ Eye appealing beyond words,but a questionable screenplay
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Restoration London: From Poverty to Pets, from Medicine to Magic, from Slang to Sex, from Wallpaper to ...
Liza Picard
St Martins Pr, 1998
A totally engrossing, amazing achievement
+ Even if you don't love history, you'll love this book
+ As a guide to how we londoner's lived our evryday lives
+ This book is informative, witty, insightful, and fun!
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By Permission of Heaven: The True Story of the Great Fire of London
Adrian Tinniswood
Riverhead Books, 2004
Resurgam
+ Permission to enjoy Permission From Heaven
+ Intriguing book on how catastrophes impact nations...
This book is a fascinating mix of disaster epic, social history, biography, and just plain good storytelling. I highly recommend it. Adrian Tinniswood, the author of a biography of Christopher Wren and a history of architecture (among other titles), brings us to the intersection of those two ...
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The World of the Country House in Seventeenth-Century England
J. T. Cliffe
Yale University Press, 1999
A flawed but essential survey
Cliffe presents an extensive survey of family and public records from a number of sources. The Public Record office is the source of many of the more interesting tidbits, but no less significant are the private records of descendants of his subjects, for example, the Earl of Verulam, Lord Cobbold, ...
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