thisbluespirit: (shadow - elizabeth/henry)
thisbluespirit ([personal profile] thisbluespirit) wrote 2012-10-24 12:05 pm (UTC)

It's especially interesting to see how historical fiction regarding the Wars of the Roses era is dominated by ricardians who hopelessly romanticize Richard III (Higginbotham has a lot of fun with those), and demonize his opponents (especially Henry VII, Elizabeth Woodville, and Margaret Beaufort), hence the whole Henry Was the Worst Husband Ever thing. Ironic, considering how the whole society is supposed to be based on a historical figure being unfairly maligned...

Yes, from one extreme to the other... :-)

I don't know if you'll really want to see it, but I remembered that the grieving scene was one of the few I had ripped from Shadow, so have uploaded like the other here: http://youtu.be/gyCQ0Ei14uE

(It's missing the beginning, because I didn't need that bit for my rip - where he says the line about sending for her. It's also, well, very studio-bound 1970s, but you'll have seen that in the other clips! And much expanded, but with the two scenes described in the account you linked combined into one.)

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