Roderick Graham
Autore di An Accidental Tragedy: The Life of Mary, Queen of Scots
Sull'Autore
Roderick Graham's distinguished career in BBCtv drama, earning two Emmy awards, has been followed by the successful publication of several full-length biographies of key Scottish figures in history. He has also written numerous tv and radio plays and dramatised documentaries.
Fonte dell'immagine: Roderick Graham, author of "An Accidental Tragedy" and "The Great Infidel"
Opere di Roderick Graham
Elizabeth R: Part IV: Horrible Conspiracies [1971 TV episode] — Regista — 2 copie
Elizabeth R: Part VI: Sweet England's Pride [1971 TV episode] — Regista — 2 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Altri nomi
- Грэм, Родерик
- Data di nascita
- 1934-03-11
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Luogo di nascita
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Luogo di residenza
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Istruzione
- Royal High School of Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh - Attività lavorative
- writer
film director
producer
author
teacher
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Recensioni
On the positive side, this biography of Mary Queen of Scots is a good narrative history, adding details to a story I've encountered many times previously. On the less positive side, I found little in the author's analysis and interpretation of events I felt I could agree with. I soured on the author early on, when Francois II of France was described as "retarded both mentally and physically," which struck me as a bit harsh. Furthermore, the author leaned into the characterization of Mary as a spoiled princess and often described her as "hysterical" or crying when events didn't go her way, which left me wondering if the author might be somewhat sexist. While I appreciated some aspects of this book, it's far from the best biography of this famous queen that I've read (John Guy's Queen of Scots provided a much better analysis, imho).… (altro)
Pretty solid and balanced information the author however was definitely predisposed to attribute immature motives to Mary's behaviors. In truth we have no idea why she made the choices she made. I like that he made her neither a demon nor a innocent but left it instead up to the reader.
Watched mostly for something to do while exercising. Learned lots about the period and persons that I didn't know, although I have read a lot about that era. Performances were good, but more appropriate to stage than film. Costumes and settings were magnificent.
I classed it as fiction rather than nonfiction, despite the accuracy of the script, because it is a docudrama, not a documentary.
I classed it as fiction rather than nonfiction, despite the accuracy of the script, because it is a docudrama, not a documentary.
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 9
- Utenti
- 161
- Popolarità
- #131,051
- Voto
- 4.2
- Recensioni
- 8
- ISBN
- 18
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