The story opens in Copenhagen in the year 1776 on the wedding night of the King and Princess Caroline Mathilde. But the marriage was a political alliance, and the Princess felt only repugnance for her dissolute husband.
If you have a thing for historical dramas where everyone talks in very measured, polite tones while secretly plotting to ruin each other, Loves of a Dictator is exactly the kind of dusty attic discovery you might enjoy. It is not for the person who needs a fast pace or modern editing; it is for the person who likes to ...
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"If you have a thing for historical dramas where everyone talks in very measured, polite tones while secretly plotting to ruin each other, Loves of a Dictator is exactly the kind of dusty attic discovery you might enjoy. It is not for the person who needs a fast pace or modern editing; it is for the person who likes to sit back and watch people in wigs make terrible life choices. Honestly, the whole thing feels like a stage play that got lost on its way to the theater. The set pieces are big, an..."
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