Posted on 02/21/2024 5:02:13 AM PST by C19fan
My wife loves both history and novels but not novels about historical people or events. Must be one or the other.
Sounds like a smart lady!!
No but I will clarify that Wolf Hall is not fictionalized history. Much of Thomas Cromwell’s era is heavily influenced by the factions that reported the events. There was some good historical speculation that lead to the author writing Wolf Hall with Cromwell portrayed as a person rather than a characterized villain as accepted history paints him.
Likewise, Adrian Goldsworthy, a good serious historian, does a good job with his historical novels painting Romans in Britain.
They left out “I Claudius”!
The Ultimate “Period Drama”, unless one doesn’t consider Ancient Rome a “Period”.
Oh Well, I liked it anyway.
I do not watch soap operas either. The period dramas based on a novel and last a few episodes are the best. The ones that go on and on, like Downton Abbey, become a soap opera.
Barf, to be expected. Can you imagine the uproar if The Color Purple would cast whites. A white Oprah, LOL! Maybe a 2 hour finale for Suits and have Honey Boo Boo’s mama play the Meghan character.
Apparently I’m not entitled an opinion?
You got me. I was typing in a rush this morning. Sadly I just watched that classic period drama three weeks ago.
The best period drama I ever saw was The Forsyte Saga (1967). It was shown on Masterpiece Theater and was in black and white. I have it on DVD. As for recent dramas, Victoria (another Masterpiece Theater presentation) was also good.
Rockford Files
Dukes of Hazzard
Daniel Deronda was good.
The list didn’t include adaptations of Anthony Trollope novels which were good:
The Way We Live Now - starring David Suchet. Matthew MacFadyden as Felix Carbury is a hoot.
He Knew He Was Right
The Barchester Chronicles - Alan Rickman as Obadiah Slope and Nigel Hawthorne as his nemesis Archdeacon Grantly are priceless.
The remake of The Forsyte Saga with Damian Lewis as Soames is good.
Cranford, Return to Cranford, North and South and Wives and Daughters are all good.
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