Restoration : Robert Downey, Jr., Sam Neill, Meg Ryan, David Thewlis, Polly Walker, Ian McKellen and Hugh Grant. An ideal husband : Cate Blanchett, Minnie Driver, Rupert Everett, Julianne Moore, Jeremy Northam. A month by the lake : Vanessa Redgrave, Edward Fox, Uma Thurman. My life so far : Colin Firth, Rosemary Harris, Irene Jacob, Tceky Karyo, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Malcolm McDowell. The Englishman who went up a hill but came down a mountain : Hugh Grant, Tara Fitzgerald, Colm Meaney. Sweet revenge : Malcolm Mowbrary, Sam Neill, Helena Bonham Carter, Kristin Scott Thomas, Rupert Graves, Martin Clunes, Steve Cougan. Her majesty, Mrs. Brown : Judi Dench, Billy Connolly. Tom & Viv : Willem Dafoe, Miranda Richardson, Rosemary Harris, Tim Dutton, Nicolas Grace.
Contents:
Restoration -- An ideal husband -- A month by the lake -- My life so far -- The Englishman who went up a hill but came down a mountain -- Sweet revenge -- Her majesty, Mrs. Brown -- Tom & Viv.
Summary:
Restoration : Robert Merivel is a young man who seems to have everything ... until an affair leads to scandal, suddenly leaving him heartbroken and penniless. An ideal husband : A politician's spotless reputation is threatened by a dark secret from his past. A month by the lake : At a lakeside resort, an attractive older guest has her eye on a well-to-do bachelor. My life so far : Young Fraser Pettigrew has always been an adventurous child. But with the arrival of his sexy French aunt, Heloise, Fraser enters a truly eye-opening summer of discovery. The Englishman who went up a hill but came down a mountain : A young man offends an entire town by declaring their mountain -- a prized local landmark -- to be a hill. Sweet Revenge : A depressed businessman and a quirky aristocrat save each other's lives and then plot a devilish retaliation against those who drove them to the edge. Her majesty, Mrs. Brown : John Brown is a lowly servant who looks after Queen Victoria's horses. Yet when circumstances bring them together, the result is a passionate friendship. Tom & Viv : A passionately rendered story about writer T.S. Eliot's turbulent relationship with his first wife, Vivienne.
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