In The Gilded Age, Mrs. Caroline Astor, the wealthy American socialite, is played by the Emmy-winning actress Donna Murphy.

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He concluded, he later wrote, that the troops were “ exceeding dirty & nasty people ” led by indifferent officers with an “ ...

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Marie Antoinette—played by Kirsten Dunst in Sofia Coppola's stunning new film—used her distinctive personal style to defy the ...

Emphatic, Regal Aristocracy, Miracle Star, Eastern Gold, Grenoble and Arrived caught the eye when the horses were exercised here on Tuesday morning (July 1).

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You are sitting in your high school history class, and your teacher is droning on about the Victorian era, trying to express ...

At first glance, The Buccaneers looks like it belongs on the usual shelf. It opens with expensive fabrics, heavy curtains, ...

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