A mind lively and at ease

30 Days of Period Drama Women (16/30) JOANNE WHALLEY as VANOZZA CATTANEO THE BORGIAS (2011-2013)

Albany Institute of History & Art

The Great 1.01 “The Great”

WASABI (2001) dir. Gérard Krawczyk

the ladies’ home journal, sept 1948

If only men would think instead of fight, there might be more good ones left.

THE MUSKETEERS (2014-2016) - 204: Emilie

Barcelona, Spain

THE BORGIAS ⤿ 3.02 | the purge

"They were outsiders, they were foreigners, and they came with a devotion and a commitment to prove their right, to prove their strength and their audacity. So, there is little they won't do to get ahead. They will sleep their way to the top. They will kill their way to the top. They will, quite frankly, burn the Vatican to the ground in order to succeed." — DAVID OAKES

Toledo, Spain

2013 edition

Jodie Comer as Elizabeth of York The White Princess (2017)

Book that I wanted to like but which failed to live up to my hopes: I am going to write 10,000+ words explaining exactly why this book wronged me

THE CROWN | 1x02 “Hyde Park Corner”

–Ambassador Mercy to Maria Theresa, 17 June 1779 [translation: Nesta Webster]