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Mary Shelley
Biography
English
2018
Mary Wollstonecraft's family disapprove of her love for poet Percy Shelley. The family are even more horrified when they discover that the couple have eloped, accompanied by Mary's half-sister Claire.
Mary Shelley
Biography
A United Kingdom
Historical drama
English
2016
In the 1940s, Prince Seretse Khama of Botswana causes a diplomatic crisis for the British government and their allies when he marries Ruth Williams, a white office worker from London.
A United Kingdom
Historical drama
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