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Anonymous (DVD)
Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave, Sebastian Armesto, Rafe Spall, David Thewlis, …
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R43
Discovery Miles 430
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Roland Emmerich directs this political thriller based around the
notion that William Shakespeare was not in fact the author of the
canon of plays attributed to him. In Elizabethan England, political
intrigue abounds as the Tudors and the Cecils battle it out over
the succession of Queen Elizabeth I (Joely Richardson/Vanessa
Redgrave), and the Essex Rebellion mobilises against her. Enter the
dashing and wildly talented Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford
(Jamie Campbell Bower/Rhys Ifans), who not only fathers an
illegitimate son in a clandestine incestuous relationship with
Queen Elizabeth, but is also the secret author of the plays labeled
with the name of William Shakespeare (Rafe Spall).
Sam Watkins writes a novel like autobiography of his years with the
Army of Tennessee. His service saw the front lines of every major
battle including Shiloh, Chickamagua, Chattanooga, Atlanta,
Franklin and Nashville. Amazingly, this rebel came through intact
and lived to vividly record his experiences. This book is much more
impressionistic than a historic telling of the facts (which Watkins
reminds the reader frequently). It lays bare the attitude of a
rebel private (although one suspects Watkins is much more literate
and sophistocated than many of his fellows in the ranks) who
endured starvation, forced marches, punishing battles and the
monotony and arbitrary nature of camp life while serving a losing
cause. Watkins does an excellent job of letting the reader into his
head. He reveals well the base existence and actions of ordinary
soldiers who paid for the drama of the Civil War with their youth,
blood and life.
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