Author: tilly
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Huzzah! and Historical Heresy: How The Great’s Period Triumph Rewrites Catherine’s Empire
When The Great premiered on Hulu in May 2020, it declared its intentions from the outset: this would be an occasionally true story of Catherine the Great’s rise to power. Fresh from his Oscar nomination for The Favourite, creator Tony McNamara brought his signature brand of historical absurdity to the 18th-century Russian court, promising viewers…
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The Woodville Women: Witchcraft Accusations and Historical Interpretation in Philippa Gregory’s Works
In a review of the show The White Princess, the magazine Elle argues that the adaptation of Philippa Gregory’s work, which is but one in an entire franchise, sees “history become herstory”. There have been five television/film Plantagenet and Tudor-era adaptations produced based on Gregory’s writing, a small figure considering she has written 15 books…
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The Foreign, Machine Gun-Wielding Seductress: How Women’s War Contributions Have Been Re-Dressed in Crop Tops and Stiletto Nails
Sofia Boutella as Eve Mansour in BBC One series SAS: Rogue Heroes “This is not a history lesson”, appears in the opening of all 12 episodes of BBC One’s SAS: Rogue Heroes. As an avid fan of both the books and the show, the historical inaccuracies of the screen adaptation do not offend me. In…
The Reel vs The Real 