This adaptation of the non-fiction novel by Tom Wolfe chronicles the first 15 years of America's space program. By focusing on the lives of the Mercury astronauts, including John Glenn (Ed Harris) and Alan Shepard (Scott Glenn), the film recounts the dangers and frust...
aHistorical films created by drawing on historical facts, historical events and historical performance figures must be consistent with historical truth, but the minor details of plot and description to allow a certain degree of artistic fiction . 画创造的历史影片在历史事实、历史事件和历史性能指数一定...
Born into a peasant's life on the estate of a duke, Marek Zaczek seems fated to work in a salt mine. As he grows up watching the duke's horses, he develops s love for the animals and soon has his heart set on working with them. As he matures, he becomes infatuated with the idea...
We read about this summer in a series of journal entries from the young Mary herself. Mary and the Birth of Frankenstein is a gorgeous piece of gothic historical fiction about a young woman dealing with loss, learning about herself, falling in love, and so much more, all before she ever ...
the fight to save hundreds of Arabian horses bred at the world-famous Janów Podlaski stables in Poland from occupation by both the Russian and German armies. Since WWII is such a popular time and place to set historical fiction, it runs the danger of rehashing the same old stories. So to...
Genres:Historical Fiction,Young Adult Pages:368 Format:Hardcover DNF Source:Bought Buy the Book•Goodreads 1777. Albany, New York. As battle cries of the American Revolution echo in the distance, servants flutter about preparing for one of New York society’s biggest events: the Schuylers’ gr...
A Convenient Fictionis the third book in theParish Orphans of Devonseries and, although it can be read as standalone, I think it enhances the reading experience if the series is read in order. I have been waiting for Alex’s book to discover what happened to him after he mysteriously ran...
Alexis Wright’sPraiseworthyis a wonder of twenty-first century fiction. This modernist more-than-an-allegory about a pernicious haze that settles over a northern Australia town yokes a painfully contemporary tale of political, social and climatic disaster to a narrative consciousness embodying 65,00...
And that’s where the facts end and my fiction picks up. The particular bargain that my Shadow offered Hugo is not recorded anywhere. Q: Please tell us a little about the Celtic roots on the Island of Jersey, as they are important in Jac’s story. ...
Is historical fiction a genre? How do White Fang and Gray Beaver become separated in the book White Fang? Is there a second White Fang book? Is The Scarlet Ibis fiction or nonfiction? Do the animals talk in White Fang? Did "White Fang" by Jack London win an award?