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The Duke is a 2020 British comedy drama film directed by Roger Michell, with a screenplay by Richard Bean and Clive Coleman. It is based on the true story of the 1961 theft of the Portrait of the Duke of Wellington by Francisco de Goya. The film stars Jim Broadbent, Helen Mirren, Fionn Whitehead, Anna Maxwell Martin and Matthew Goode. It was ...
Quinn explained on The Tamron Hall Show that when she heard from her agent that Rhimes was interested in adapting her novels, she "almost fell off of [her] stool," and quickly agreed to the offer. [19] Season 1 of the show adapted The Duke and I, the first book of Quinn's series.
The Duke and I is a 2000 historical romance novel written by Julia Quinn, first published by Avon.It is the first novel of Quinn's series of Regency romances about the Bridgerton siblings and tells the story of Daphne, the fourth child and eldest daughter of the family.
William is known in the police force as "The Duke" or simply "Duke", a nickname referring to the Duke of Wellington. [9] Eliza's late father Henry saved William from the London streets after arriving from Glasgow as a child, and later mentored him as he trained as a policeman. As a result, William looked up to Henry as a father figure.
The book series has been adapted by Shondaland, for Netflix, into a television series titled Bridgerton which premiered on the platform in 2020. [16] It follows the format of the novels, with each season focusing on a different Bridgerton sibling, and their quest for marriage.
The Duke's Children is a novel by Anthony Trollope, first published between 1879 and 1880 as a serial in All the Year Round. [1] It is the sixth and final novel of the Palliser series. [2] In 2020, the original text of The Duke's Children was restored for publication of a new edition led by editor Steven Amarnick. [3] [4]
It is the second book in the Caladan Trilogy of prequels. The novel was released on September 21, 2021, by Tor Books . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was preceded by Dune: The Duke of Caladan in October 2020, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and was followed by Dune: The Heir of Caladan in October 2022.
According to Duke, the film's title is a reference to the funerary tradition practiced in the Caribbean known as the nine nights, where a person is mourned for nine days because it takes their spirit nine days to say goodbye. [10] [11] On June 7, 2019, Duke, Zazie Beetz, Bill Skarsgård, Benedict Wong and David Rysdahl were announced to star. [2]