This one is very short but sweet, and features both the subject of Johannes Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring and our favorite Restoration diarist Samuel Pepys. Produced by a firm of British attorneys who specialize in protecting intellectual property, this quick film is one of a series highlighting the "potential of your imagination to change our world." That's a grand goal, but we liked this video because it made us laugh. Be sure to pause to read the other Tweets that Sam is receiving from other 17th century friends like John Evelyn.
Here's a background blog about making the film, including the costuming and casting: clearly fellow history-nerds at work!
I stayed at a house a few years back, known in the village as the Pepys House. Not after Samuel but his cousin Catherine, who ran the school house. You could still see beams from Tudor times and evidence of the old daub and wattle walls. Somewhere I have some pixels of it! Lexi
One of us -- Loretta Chase -- writes historical romance. One of us -- Susan Holloway Scott -- writes historical novels,and as Isabella Bradford, wrote historical romances, too.
There’s a big difference in how we use history. But we’re equally nuts about it. To us, the everyday details of life in the past are things to talk about, ponder, make fun of -- much in the way normal people talk about their favorite reality show.
We talk about who’s wearing what and who’s sleeping with whom. We try to sort out rumor or myth from fact. We thought there must be at least three other people out there who think history’s fascinating and fun, too. This blog is for them.
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4 comments:
Funny.
Very witty. I have a granddaughter exactly like this, always texting.
Love it!
I stayed at a house a few years back, known in the village as the Pepys House. Not after Samuel but his cousin Catherine, who ran the school house. You could still see beams from Tudor times and evidence of the old daub and wattle walls. Somewhere I have some pixels of it!
Lexi
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