Indeed, Cornwell’s novels played a major role in the build-up of the story throughout the series. Major events of the series were derived from Cornwell’s The Last Kingdom and The Pale Horseman novels. For the second season, events from The Lords of the North and Sword Song novels were...
It's been a thrill to watch the child actors grow and it really helps to keep me into the story given that one of the central themes of the novels is the evolution of these characters. While I have always liked Radcliffe, he is simply phenomenal in this movie. It's almost possible ...
Murder on the Orient Express: Directed by Sidney Lumet. With Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam, Ingrid Bergman. In December 1935, when his transcontinental luxury train is stranded by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a
Xion is the Rank XIV member of the original Organization XIII as well as a member of the real Organization XIII. She debuted in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days as one of the game's main characters. She is not a normal Nobody and only a nominal member of...
‘A skeleton in the closet’ later developed into the idea of referring to grim evidence of a crime or murder. Famous Victorian author William Makepeace Thackeray adopted the phrase and used it in his literature pieces and novels.“壁橱里的骷髅”后来发展成了指犯罪或谋杀的确凿证据的概念。维多利亚...
In fact, it’s fascinating that there aren’t more novels set in Shanghai, given that it was the fifth biggest city in the world at the time, and certainly the most densely populated. Even compared to New York, it was probably the most cosmopolitan city in the world back then. But th...
United Kingdom - The return of the Liberals: The Liberals returned to power in December 1905 after Balfour had resigned. Between the end of the South African War and this date, they had become more united as the Conservatives had disintegrated. In 1903 C
—that was the reason (as all men know, / In this kingdom by the sea) / That the wind came out of the cloud by night, / Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.// But our love it was stronger by far than the love / Of those who were older than we— / Of many far wiser than...
The Witcher books reading order: where to start with the short stories and novels Features By Rob Dwiar Contributions from Lauren Aitken, Lauren Morton, Tyler Wilde last updated 12 February 2025 Reading order recs for starting your Witcher novels journey. When you purchase through links on our...
a gap opened in the thick blanket of clouds that spread over the sky and through this opening, unearthly light of golden rays of the sun flooded the hilltop with the nine bodies hanging on stake, as if the light rays would show their tormented souls the way to the kingdom of heaven.”...