Julie Kavanagh
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"One sunlit evening, May 6, 1882, Lord Frederick Cavendish and Thomas Burke, Chief Secretary and Undersecretary for Ireland, were ambushed and stabbed to death while strolling through Phoenix Park in Dublin. The murders were funded by American supporters of Irish independence and carried out by the Invincibles, a militant faction of republicans armed with specially-made surgeon's blades. They ended what should have been a turning point in Anglo-Irish...
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Ellie has come home to spent the festive holiday with her family and, while she's always pleased to see her family, she hasn't told them the whole truth. After quitting dramatically from her job and spending her last few pennies on fuel to get home, she's completely penniless and it's nearly Christmas. Her foray into the big city proved to be a total waste of time and she knows she's better off back in her small home town. But knowing how much her...
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[2019]
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English
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Capturing the raw physicality and brilliance of Rudolf Nureyev, whose escape to the West stunned the world at the height of the Cold War. With his magnetic presence, Nureyev emerged as ballet's most famous star, a wild and beautiful dancer limited by the world of 1950s Leningrad. His flirtation with Western artists and ideas leads him into a high-stakes game of cat and mouse with the KGB.
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