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Baroness Orczy, Emmuska Orczy 1865-1947 Baroness Orczy, Emmuska Orczy 1865-1947 Film adaptations Blakeney, Percy, Sir (Fictitious character) Foreign films France France History Revolution, 1789-1799 Drama Great Britain Nobility Nobility Great Britain Drama Revolution (France : 1789-1799)Filter By Subjects
Baroness Orczy, Emmuska Orczy 1865-1947 Baroness Orczy, Emmuska Orczy 1865-1947 Film adaptations Blakeney, Percy, Sir (Fictitious character) Foreign films France France History Revolution, 1789-1799 Drama Great Britain Nobility Nobility Great Britain Drama Revolution (France : 1789-1799)Summary: Thrown into a political marriage of convenience by her ruthlessly power-hungry family, the beautiful Margot soon finds herself hopelessly drawn into their murderous affairs. It's then she realizes her only hope of escape lies somewhere between the heroic soldier who loves her and the enemy husband who could save her.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 1995
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN QUESummary: The lady, Grace Elliot, was once the mistress of the Prince of Wales. She left him for Philippe, Duc d'Orleans, a cousin of Louis XVI. The film opens a year after the fall of the Bastille, and while their affair is over, Grace and the Duc have stayed close friends. But just because they're friends doesn't mean they can't (and don't) have powerful political arguments. Organized around five...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Classics 2002
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LADSummary: An adaptation of the novel by Baroness Orczy in which a dashing dandy of the English court tries to defend innocent aristocrats from the violence of the French revolution.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Madacy 1999