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Christie’s is auctioning ‘Shot Sage Blue Marilyn’ with a $266 million estimate, declaring it on par with the Mona Lisa, even though it is one in a set of five.
A modern makeover for costume dramas Bridgerton - a costume drama is a ânarrative of matrimony and money, of honour and deceit, of love and strategy, of aristocracy and nouveaux riches, with handsome mansions, beautiful dresses and diamond tiaras worn with ostrich feathersâ. Â Netflix Save Share Riding her horse through a London park in 1813, Daphne Bridgerton, heroine of the Netflix series Bridgerton, turns to her brother, Anthony, and shares her woes. Her complaint echoes the predicament that confronts many heroines of costume dramas, from Elizabeth Bennet in Jane Austenâ...