Sentences with word «noblewoman»

Tempani of Amarill, a young noblewoman of mixed race, dreams of a Kamara united in race and class.

The Italian Greyhound dog breed was a favorite companion of noblewomen in the Middle Ages, especially in Italy.

Layered, elegantly written, and filled with unexpected twists, this narrative blend of French fairy tales centers on a young noblewoman who discovers her magical identity and tender love even as she struggles against traditional gender roles.

The painting's title, which translates as «Turkish Slave,» is a misnomer; scholars suggest that the subject, a woman with twinkling hazel eyes and a mischievous half - smile, is more likely an Italian noblewoman with some literary connections.

Italian Greyhounds are small sighthound favourite companions of Italian noblewomen in the middle ages, they are playful, sweet - natured and love their comfort.

Shupe's the Four Hundred series are some of the best new books set in the Gilded Age, and follow English noblewomen as they discover the intoxicating freedom and powerful men of turn - of - the - century America.

The director of Dogtooth, The Lobster and The Killing of a Sacred Deer has certainly been prolific of late but seems to be changing gears entirely for his latest English - language feature which, reportedly, is about two 18th century noblewomen vying for power in Queen Anne's court.

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Kim Tae - ri stars as Sook - hee, a young pickpocket who is hired to work for seemingly sheltered Japanese noblewoman Lady Hideko (Kim Min - hee); the plan is for Sook - hee to help fellow con artist Count Fujiwara (Ha Jung - woo)-- who is, in reality, neither a count nor Japanese — defraud Lady Hideko of her fortune.

For instance, noblewomen wore as much fur and jewellery as they could, while poor women were pleased to wear linen or fine wool instead of the usual homespun fabric.

And then there are utter anomalies, like Anton Raphael Mengs's 1775 portrait of a Spanish noblewoman with a lapdog - shaped blank in her arms and a rubbed - out face that presages Magritte.

The August Warriors Update adds unique units such as the Hex - Bearers, Amazonian Riders and Scythian Noblewomen to several playable factions, and includes a significant upgrade to the Suebi roster.

The heroine is a sheltered noblewoman, and the hero is a Scots warrior who offends her tender sensibilities with his legs and his disregard for her possessions.

With a band of followers that includes his sister, a knight, a fletcher's wife and a mysterious noblewoman, George sets out to honor the pledge and in doing so discovers that he indeed has dragons to fight, and the person most in need of saving is himself.

Like an impoverished noblewoman groveling before Louis XIV.

Given the styling, it was actually women's wear (closer to what noblewomen wore), so it's quite likely Joseph had no qualms crossdressing.

She was sent to boarding school but shortly after the death of her father was inspired by a Swedish noblewoman and mystic of the 13th century — St Bridget (or Birgitta).

Documentary sources state that all Aztec women, from the lowest slave to the highest noblewoman, spun and wove cloth.

Measuring 35 centimeters tall by 12 centimeters wide, it depicts an Egyptian noblewoman and is a Fayum portrait, a type of painting that was attached to mummies of that time and believed to depict the image of a real person.

In the Season 3 premiere, Henry VIII weds a third time: to shy, demure noblewoman Jane Seymour, a union that he and his advisors pray will result in a male heir; once - loyal subjects rebel against Henry's crusade against Catholicism.

Vladimir Bortko directed this fascinating drama about the life of 16th - century Ukrainian Cossack leader Taras Bulba, who led the Ukraine's Cossack warriors against the Polish army while his son romanced a Polish noblewoman.

Consider the strange case of the «Blood Countess», a 16th - century Hungarian noblewoman / serial killer who bathed in the blood of her victims — 650 servant girls — in the vain pursuit of eternal youth.

Miss Julie stars Jessica Chastain and Colin Farrell as an Irish noblewoman and a servant, respectively, who seduce each other with cruel intentions.

While we can all count ourselves lucky for the age that we live in, watching Stephane Brize's excellent period portrait of a young French noblewoman also reminds you that some things have been slow to change.

Reminiscent of the political intrigue of «The Illusionist» and the haunting stylings of «Bram Stoker's Dracula», «The Countess» tells the tale of Erzebet Bathory (Julie Delpy) an aging noblewoman whose years of solitude and loneliness transforms her into a cold and distant figure among Hungarian nobility.

Jessica Chastain and Colin Farrell are perfectly cast as an uptight but secretly passionate noblewoman and an unrepentant horndog in Norwegian director Liv Ullmann's Miss Julie.

But it's immediately clear from the outset that Zama's wait will be in vain, and that as he wearily seeks a series of favors — from a local minister or a teasing noblewoman (Lola Dueñas, a regular of Pedro Almodóvar, one of the film's co-producers)-- we will observe the stagnation and rot of the colonialist experiment firsthand.

Is it typecasting to cast someone as a matriarch if one is spirited noblewoman, one is a modern terrorist and a third is the resurrected matriarch of the Langston clan on Resurrection?

New queen of period dramas Keira Knightley is in her element here, donning skyscraper hairpieces and unfathomably complex robes to play a rock»n' roll noblewoman in a time when her sort were expected to shut up and produce babies.

Also, there's a beautiful noblewoman with people - touching - her issues named Eliza (Kate Beckinsale), after whom the European version of this film is still named, which says something about what distributors think audiences will tolerate in our respective markets, methinks.

The 1971 excavation of an ancient Chinese tomb led to a startling discovery: the 2,000 - year - old body of a Chinese noblewoman, so well preserved that her skin was still soft.

In the eyes of high society, Cornish noblewoman Tamsyn Pearce is a pretty, if a bit unpolished, new addition to the marriage mart.

The arrangement forces irreverent, cynical fire warlock Zaira and bookish noblewoman Amalia to work together as one, blending classic buddy comedy with fantasy intrigue.

An intoxicating and spirited blend of fantasy, mythology, and history, Something Red features the most fascinating of characters including shapeshifters, Irish battle queens, Norman knights, Templars, pilgrims, Saracens, a Lithuanian noblewoman, warrior monks, strong - even dangerous - women, and ten murderous mastiffs, as well as an epic snowstorm that an early reader described as «one of the coldest scenes since Snow Falling on Cedars.»

Lady Merreth — a dark, leather - clad noblewoman flees from a crime she's accused of committing.

But, since you asked... A Ranger's Tale is the story of a high - elf noblewoman who was expected to take her father's place as the head of Leogard's Mage Academy.

Having succumbed to madness following years of incarceration, disgraced noblewoman Cassia now has only goal: to take revenge, no matter the cost.

Anthony van Dyck (1599 — 1641) Genoese Noblewoman, ca. 1625 — 27 Oil on canvas 90 7/8 × 61 5/8 in.

They remake themselves as a successful businessman with high - falutin» connections and an English noblewoman, but are soon caught by overeager FBI agent Richie DiMaso (Bradley Cooper) and forced into wearing wires and extending their scam to entrap government officials.

Avelynn is the story of the forbidden love between a Saxon noblewoman and a Viking warrior.

Disguised as a Spanish noblewoman, Maria is seated next to an art broker, who becomes fascinated by her.

The August Warriors Update adds unique units such as the Hex - Bearers, Amazonian Riders and Scythian Noblewomen to several playable factions, and includes a...

There's only hurt pride in Liv Ullmann's Miss Julie, an adaptaion of August Strindberg's play about the games of sexual dominance between a 19th - century noblewoman and a servant.

Players take control of members of Esperanza, a resistance faction determined with toppling the aristocrats, and surreptitiously stumble upon a mysterious young noblewoman being transported by slave traders.

Among those disobeying that edict were Perpetua, a young noblewoman, and her maidservant Felicitas.

Josephine Abercrombie is what Egan might have called a noblewoman of a «certain age,» her age certainly being 60.