Nineteenth Century

Historical costume movies & TV set in the Regency and Victorian eras.

2008 Lost in Austen

Confession Time: Why I Love Lost in Austen

Kendra March 17, 2016

We’ve already established that I love Jane Austen adaptations, and I think we can...

Madame Bovary (2014)

Madame Bovary (2014): Advice for the Lovelorn

Trystan L. Bass March 1, 2016

This latest film adaption of Gustave Flaubert’s 1856 novel was actually brought to my...

War and Peace (2016)

Top 5 Costume Inaccuracies – and Accuracies – in War & Peace

Kendra February 26, 2016

War and Peace (2016) is one of the bigger TV costume miniseries to air in...

2016 War and Peace ep 4

War & Peace (2016) Recap, Pt. 4

Kendra February 19, 2016

A&E, Lifetime, and the History Channel are currently airing the BBC’s 2016 adaptation of...

2016 War and Peace ep 3

War & Peace (2016) Recap, Pt. 3

Kendra February 12, 2016

A&E, Lifetime, and the History Channel are currently airing the BBC’s 2016 adaptation of...

Sherlock holmes & the Master Blackmailer (1993) starring Jeremy Brett

A Historical Sherlock Holmes – No, Not That One!

Trystan L. Bass February 11, 2016

99% of murder mystery stories do not interest me. Sorry folks, it’s true! Not...

2016 Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Pride & Prejudice & Zombies = Sure Why Not!

Kendra February 9, 2016

Okay, let’s get a few important things out of the way: Pride and Prejudice and...

War and Peace (2016)

War & Peace (2016) Recap, Pt. 2

Kendra February 5, 2016

A&E, Lifetime, and the History Channel are currently airing the BBC’s 2016 adaptation of...

Becky Sharp (1935)

TBT: Regency x 1930s + Technicolor = Becky Sharp (1935)

Kendra February 4, 2016

Becky Sharp is an adaptation of a play, which is an adaptation of the...

Mercy Street (2016)

Lord Have Mercy Street (2016)

Trystan L. Bass February 3, 2016

I wish I was a U.S. Civil War historian or at least a Civil...