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The Lion in Winter
The Lion in Winter
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Start date
January 28, 2016
Finish date
January 31, 2016
Discussion
2016 Read Harder Challenge
Why we're reading this
Reminded I owned a copy after listened to a podcast discussing Eleanor of Aquitaine.

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Donna
Dec 15, 2015 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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This medieval story has a modern feel to it so that its message becomes timeless. This most dysfunctional family celebrates Christmas with betrayal and love, if not in equal parts, then with equal fervor.

The best review of the play I read included the line, "King Lear" meets "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"

Recommended, especially because the Hepburn/O'Toole film does not have English subtitles and the word play is too precious to guess at. ...more
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Isabel
Jan 28, 2012 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Camille
Jun 21, 2012 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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