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The Favourite: The Life of Sarah Churchill and the History Behind the Major Motion Picture | Ophelia Field
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'An incredible story crackling with royal passion, envy, ambition and betrayal ... Field's account of the psychological power play between Queen Anne and her confidante is surely definitive. A tour de force' Lucy Worsley Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (1660-1774), was as glamorous as she was controversial. Politically influential and independently powerful, she was an intimate, and then a blackmailer, of Queen Anne, accusing her of keeping lesbian favourites - including Sarah's own cousin Abigail Masham. Ophelia Field's masterly biography, published in a new and updated edition, brings Sarah Churchill's own voice, passionate and intelligent, back to life. Here is an unforgettable portrait of a woman who cared intensely about how we would remember her.
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TheLudicReader
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I read a lot of amazing books this year...and I am hoping to finish a couple more before we flip the calendar to 2021. Here are my #20in2020. I probably could have added ten more amazing books to this list. So hard to decide. Full reviews are available at my blog theludicreader.com

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Eggs
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Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, was as glamorous as she was controversial. Politically influential and independently powerful, she was an intimate, and then a blackmailer of Queen Anne.

#thefavourite #remembernovember @Klou

Klou I really need to watch this movie, and read this book. Sounds so interesting 3y
Eggs Yes! 3y
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DieAReader
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My top 4 books of 2019! 📚🎶

CoverToCoverGirl I haven‘t read any of these.....but I might add one to my TBR piles 4y
DieAReader Oooh which one? 🧐😉📚 4y
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teebe
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📖 Fantasy, horror (but I‘ll read anything)
🥤 Iced tea
🎁 Bookmarks, jewelry, stationery. Pretty much anything except keychains, candles and prints (I have too many)
💄 Facemasks, eyeliner, any sort of lip product
🍬 Any kind of cookie or flavoured chocolate
🎥 The Nightmare Before Christmas, all the classics
✨ I love anything and everything Christmas

#XmasFaves #CanuckChristmasSwap #PoutinePenPals

KarynGood I‘ve never watched The Nightmare Before Christmas but will have to change that sad fact! (edited) 4y
teebe @KarynGood i highly recommend! 4y
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StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego
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Hello #PoutinePenPals I've created an #XmasFaves survey to help your #CanuckChristmasSwap partner get to know you better. And even if your not in the swap feel free to participate if you're feeling festive!

🎅🏼📚🎄📖🎁

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suzie.reads
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Hard for me to pick just one but I adore the Prey Series by John Sandford. Lucas Davenport is just 😍

What is everyone's favourite series. I have a few new ones ready to start but I want more 🙂

Marilyncjackson Black Jewels by Anne Bishop 5y
suzie.reads @Marilyncjackson just had a look on Goodreads is it about magic? 5y
Marilyncjackson @suzie.reads it is a dark fantasy with lots of magic and other things. I will warn that they should come with trigger warnings but I really like them. 5y
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Tiffiney Cemetery of Forgotten Books series by Carlos Ruiz Zafon 5y
suzie.reads @Marilyncjackson might have a look at those then because I'm trying to broaden my reading genres 😊 5y
suzie.reads @Tiffiney that looks like an interesting series. 5y
Jdav9613 The Memory Man series by David Baldacci. Love Amos Decker. 5y
suzie.reads @Jdav9613 that is on my list as I love the Will Robie and the Atlee Pine series 🙂 5y
claudiuo There are several series I like a lot but most recent one is The Broken Earth by N.K. Jemisin (edited) 5y
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LTOC
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Great.

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jenniferw88
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#bfcr2

Books completed: 13/6 (due to holiday)
Walks completed: 2/2
Fruit consumed: 2

NB: I didn't climb all the steps in the photo, just thought it would be appropriate for the challenge!

@wanderinglynn

TheSpineView 👏👏👏 5y
wanderinglynn Way to go! 🙌🏻 Fantastic week & you crushed your book goal! 🎉 5y
jenniferw88 @wanderinglynn I'm not going to set a new book goal, just going to see where I end up. Part of the reason I smashed it was because I was on holiday, now I'm back home I'm not going to have as much time to read. 5y
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Asktheletters
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Favourites from the first half of 2019...a surprising amount of backlist!

Slightly less thrilling are the curlews that spend the night wailing back and forth at each other - it started off as a single bird, however it‘s now found a friend. 😑

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suzie.reads
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It's a good week when you're reading two of your favourite new series 🥰

3rd book in the Will Robie series and the 2nd book in the Murphy & Rossi series 😊 June is a month for series 6 of the 9 books have been part of series so far.

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jenniferw88
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#NewIn

I can't wait to read this after watching the movie last week (I think it might be my next read once I finish The King's Speech)!

Edited using the #pixlr app with the #Anne filter! 😹😻😹😻

AnneCecilie I also want to read after having seen the movie. I can‘t wait to read about everything that was left out of the movie 5y
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I saw the movie yesterday. Who new some much happened in the royal circles? I loved this movie, the only thing is that the ending came a little sudden to me. This could also be because I was into to story.

Now I want to read the book.

(Picture from google. This seems to be the poster for the movie)

Birdsong28 If you are in the UK the Kindle book that you tagged is only £1.99! 5y
AnneCecilie @Birdsong28 Thanks for tip, but I‘m neither in the U.K. or own a kindle 5y
Moray_Reads I liked so many things about the film but I found the score physically painful in parts, I almost had to leave at one point! 5y
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AnneCecilie @Moray_Reads I didn‘t think much about the music. I was probably too involved in the story to notice 5y
charl08 Not a fan of the one note cello bit either. 5y
AnneCecilie @charl08 Where in the movie was this? 5y
charl08 I can't find it on the soundtrack album, but it is on the trailer about 2 mins in. https://youtu.be/SYb-wkehT1g 5y
CarolynM Great film! 5y
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Booksnchill
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This is one awesome movie!!! Rachel Weisz, Olivia Colman and Emma Stone- amazing performances and so fun to see the men as the marginal characters!!!!! Yes please more of this!!!!!!

batsy I really want to watch this! 😍 5y
Booksnchill @batsy worth it for the dance scene alone🤐💃🏻 5y
Elma Olivia Colman is my favorite and I loved this movie! 5y
Booksnchill Agreed! Broadchurch is excellent! 5y
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Mitch
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I haven‘t read the book and I don‘t usually do comedy- but it‘s Olivia Coleman! So tickets booked for Monday and I promise to try to laugh! 🤣

Oryx Let us know what you think. I'm debating going to see this one too 5y
shaynarae @Mitch @Oryx I saw this last week and really enjoyed it! It was a bit too dark and intense for me to laugh at, but I would recommend it nonetheless. 5y
Mitch @shaynarae I like dark and intense so that makes me feel better 🤣 5y
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Bookish_B I thought it had some laugh-out-loud moments for sure. Enjoy! 5y
kidamy I love Olivia Colman. I'll have to go see this! 5y
readordierachel I saw this a few weeks ago and loved it! Olivia Coleman deserves an Oscar nomination. Good stuff. 5y
Elma Olivia is my favorite! I love her so much! And I thought the movie was fantastic. She deserves the Oscar, IMO. 5y
Mitch @readordierachel @elma fab recommendations! She‘s brilliant isn‘t she. Can‘t wait to she her in the BBC Les Mis too 5y
Elma @Mitch Me either. Also, I've been watching The Crown to prepare for her turn as the queen. 5y
Mitch @Elma I enjoyed the crown. I‘m wondering how weird it‘s going to feel though with the Queen changing .... 5y
Elma @Mitch I've been wondering that too. 5y
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