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King Richard and the Crusaders (1954) Movies

Posted by Notsaint at June 3, 2014

While leading the Third Crusade, King Richard Lionheart battles treachery in his own camp as well as the Saracens and their charismatic leader Saladin.

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King's Singers - The Triumphs Of Oriana (2006) Music

Posted by peotuvave at Oct. 2, 2015

A collection of 25 madrigals from 23 different composers, from the famous to the obscure, make up this Elizabethan curiosity, published in 1601 by Thomas Morley. A musical dedication to Queen Elizabeth 1, The Triumphs of Oriana displays the talents of English songwriters, long-overshadowed by their European counterparts, conjuring up an image of an idealised and mythical England of old.

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The Great Escape (1963) Movies

Posted by edi1967 at May 24, 2013

The Great Escape (1963)
La Grande Fuga - La Grande Évasion - Gesprengte Ketten - La gran evasión
A Film by John Sturges
DVD9 | PAL | 1,85:1 | 4:3 | 720x576 | 02:45:01 | 5% Recovery | 7.73 GB
Languages Available: English, Italian, Spanish, French, German 2.0 AC3
Subtitle: Italian, English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Norwegian, Polish, Dutch
Extra: Menù, Scene Selection, Theatrical Trailer, Making Of "Return to Great Escape"
Genre: Drama, War | Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 4 nominations

Having expended enormous resources on recapturing escaped Allied prisoners of war (POWs), the Germans move the most determined to a new, high-security prisoner of war camp. The commandant, Luftwaffe Colonel von Luger, tells the senior British officer, Group captain Ramsey, "There will be no escapes from this camp." Ramsey replies that it is their…

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The King's Singers - The Triumphs of Oriana (2006) Music

Posted by tirexiss at June 12, 2023

In 1601, English composer Thomas Morley published a volume of madrigals called The Triumphs of Oriana. The music was intended to honor the aging Queen Elizabeth I, referred to as Oriana for reasons about which historians disagree (one version of the story is given in the detailed and informative notes by Thomas Elias). Each madrigal concluded with some variant of the couplet "Then sang the shepherds and nymphs of Diana/Long live fair Oriana," allowing the composer (there were 23 different ones for the 25 pieces) to strut his polyphonic stuff at the end of the song.

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This Long Pursuit: Reflections of a Romantic Biographer eBooks & eLearning

Posted by First1 at Oct. 3, 2017

From the award-winning author of The Age of Wonder and Falling Upwards, here is a luminous meditation on the art of biography that fuses the author's own experiences with a history of the genre and explores the fascinating and surprising relationship between fact and fiction.

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