Sentences with phrase «life of a historical figure»

Plenty of biography films like to fancy themselves as authoritative «never before seen» looks into the private lives of historical figures.

Some of 2012's biggest bestsellers were the type of book I like to call «novels — now starring real people,» which, with their stories of the inner lives of historical figures (usually involving romantic intrigue), have won over readers of contemporary commercial fiction.

In the same way «once upon a time» tells us to expect a fairy tale and «here is the news» to expect a report on the day's significant activities, the «sui generis» approach to the gospels invited the expectation that we would learn about the early Church, not the life of a historical figure.

While the paradigmatic happening that shapes the Christian perspective can not be reduced to the life of a historical figure, it always includes that life as an essential element in its own reality.

Of course Terence Davies's first film based on the life of a historical figure would take as its subject someone who once began a poem: «I'm Nobody!

Under the best circumstances, it's an interesting look into the life of a historical figure.

Design an illustrated time line that lists ten important events in the life of the historical figure.

Students research the lives of historical figures.

Tommy is a gently companionable narrator, and through him readers get what feels like a privileged glimpse into the life of a historical figure.