A gripping drama from celebrated Danish director Per Fly (The Bench), Inheritance is the ... more
story of a man transformed by power.Christoffer (Ulrich Thomsen, Festerr), heir to a vast industrial fortune, has abandoned the family business for an idyllic life...
Production Year: 2000 - Drama - Director: Giuseppe Tornatore - Original Language: Italian - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Monica Bellucci, Giuseppe Sulfaro, Luciano Federico, Matilde Piana
Production Year: 2004 - Drama - Director: Nick Cassavetes - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over, 12 years and over - Starring: Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling, Gena Rowlands
Advantages: Great story, follows on well in the series Disadvantages: Need to have read earlier books to understand past references
't have to be a lover of horses to enjoy this book, I have ridden a horse twice in my life and don't even understand how to place a bet on a horse let alone all the technical horse racing stuff, but I did find this book interesting.
Without spoiling too much of the plot in this book, as the title may give away there is an inheritance involved. This is an inheritance left to Ben, Jan's younger brother by an old family friend Colonel Gilbert. His children are not happy about Ben's inheritance and through out the book you find out why Ben was left something so unexpected. There are all the usual suspects in this book following on from the previous books with a few new faces too.
I have to say that at one point I felt that I has guessed what was coming next, only to find I was completely wrong and the story took a different direction. It ...
read would be Charles Dickens, for an insight into the Victorian era and Philippa Gregory for an insight into the Tudor period.
I read both Charles Dickens' Oliver and Philippa Gregory's The Other Boleyn Girl whilst on holiday earlier in the year and recently have finished Philippa Gregory's book The Boleyn Inheritance.
The Boleyn Inheritance begins in 1539 when King Henry VIII is searching for his forth wife in a hope of fathering a second son as back up in case anything happens to his first son, Edward. After seeing a painting of some potential wives, he settles on Anne of Cleves. However their first meeting does not really go to plan with her finding the King a rather disgusting man, so one of her ladies in waiting, a young Katherine Howard jumps in to try and save the situation, and catches the eye of the King.
The story ...
Advantages: Excellent writing and characters, humourous and tragic Disadvantages: None - unless you really really hate historical fiction
The Boleyn Inheritance opens in 1539 with Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford, hoping for the king to marry so that she can be released from living at Blickling Hall on her brother's charity and be a lady-in-waiting for the new queen. She is still haunted by the events of 1536, when her husband George Boleyn and his sister, Anne, were beheaded - after Jane played her part in giving evidence against them. Her excuse is that they would've died anyway and she was preserving the Boleyn inheritance - her title and their lands and fortune. However, as the story progresses, we soon realise that this was not her only motive?
The story is told through the eyes of three women: Jane Boleyn, Anne of Cleves and Katherine Howard. Anne is also desperate to go to the English court, if only to escape her strict brother who doesn't let her do anything ...
Tautly scripted by director Per Fly and bullishly played. (Empire, )
Quality drama with an excellent ensemble cast (The Times, )
Exceptionally performed and undeniably gripping. (Total Film, )
DVD Description
Despite being the heir to an industrial fortune, Christoffer chooses an idyllic life with his wife, Maria. When news of his father's suicide reaches him, Christoffer returns home to find the family business in ruins. He must now make a choice between his two lives...
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