Dobbs is a distant relative of the US non-fiction author with the same name. The two are sometimes confused. [18] Bibliography [ edit ]

House of Cards (UK TV series), a 1990 television series written by Andrew Davies, and produced by the BBC.

Elgin Marbles: New body aims to return sculptures to Greece". BBC News. London: BBC. 13 October 2022 . Retrieved 13 October 2022. It all started because Maggie Thatcher beat me up and was actually rather cruel to me,” he says, looking softly out onto the Thames from a sunny spot on the Lords Terrace. “I don’t complain about that – politics is rough and tough. But it caused me great unhappiness for a while . . . [Despite] the fact that she could be absolutely horrid to me, I still regard her as being probably the greatest peacetime prime minister in the 20th century.”

I recalled watching the original BBC programme of this, with the wonderfully cast Ian Richardson as the schemingly ambitious Francis Urquhart, and have had the original book on my TBR list forever. Having finally got around to reading it, I am pleased that I enjoyed it. The first instalment of the TV series coincidentally aired two days before the Conservative Party leadership election. [4] During a time of "disillusionment with politics", the series "caught the nation's mood". [7] Maggie tried to do what was right for the family business, but for the wrong reasons. There were so many people that betrayed her trust and it wasn’t much of a surprise that she felt going it alone was her best option. She was wrong more often than not, but her family and Jonnie were there to catch her.An avid reader since the age of four, Ainsley’s love of books knew no genre. After reading, came her love of writing, fully immersing herself in the colorful, impassioned world of contemporary romance. a b "British Film Institute list of 100 Greatest British Television Programmes, No. 84". Archived from the original on 27 May 2008 . Retrieved 4 June 2008. If you are like me — or seemingly half of America — you spent most of Valentine's Day weekend binge-watching the second season of House of Cards. Even President Obama is a fan of the show, publicly tweeting his anticipation of Season 2. This critically acclaimed series revolves around Frank and Claire Underwood (played by Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright), two Machiavellian power players who scheme, lie, and betray their way to the top. If the show's popularity and acclaim have shown anything, it is that Americans are fascinated by people who grab power by any means necessary. Although Frank and Claire commit all sorts of crimes, including murder, to get ahead, people want to root for them. Take, for example, the debate about whether or not Claire Underwood — a woman who cuts off another woman's health insurance and tells her, "I'm willing to let your child wither and die inside you if that's what's required" — is or is not a "feminist warrior." Whether we are attracted or repulsed by characters like the Underwoods, we all want to see what they will do.

Earle's rent boy appears in person at an important speech of Earle's, distracting him; subsequently, Earle is harassed by reporters who have been told of his indiscretion. His most recent foray into British politics was his attempt to push the Private Member’s Bill to legislate for an EU referendum through the Lords, which failed in January 2014. He believes “the European question has been a cancer, a huge distraction in this country”, and warns David Cameron to take a softly-softly, behind-the-scenes approach to his EU renegotiation. Urquhart-style persuasion, perhaps. El resto de los personajes estan tremendamente desdibujados pudiendo destacar únicamente Mattie, quien tiene cierto protagonismo dado que es aliada y enemiga de Frank. Si bien es descrita como una mujer lista, intuitiva y joven estos atributos pocas veces salen a la luz, dado que la mayoría del tiempo pelea por sobresalir gracias a historias arriesgadas, y verdaderas, pero su forma de manejarse es más impulsiva que reflexiva, jugándole esto en contra la mayor parte del tiempo. Para cuando al fin deduce todo lo que paso con Frank ya ha firmado su sentencia de muerte Il Primo Ministro invece è una figura debole e quasi paterna, proposta anni addietro come successore della Tatcher per allontanare il partito dalla figura intransigente e forte di lei. Un Primo Ministro più accondiscendente e pacifico, che però giunto al record del suo terzo mandato ha una maggioranza risicata e governa un partito in sommossa dopo i risultati deludenti delle elezioni appena vinte. Urquhart es tremendamente bueno en lo que hace; es el típico político con el que puedes disfrutar viendo cómo se maneja entre el nido de ratas de forman tanto él como el resto de políticos, nido del cual tiene que ser el peor para que el resto le tengan el respeto que precisa si no quiere ser acribillado por cualquiera de sus «colegas»; es el prototipo perfecto de político que bajo ningún concepto querrías que gobernara en tu país o ciudad… pero a la vez, por todo lo anteriormente expuesto, es quien más posibilidades tiene de ser elegido. Porque no dudará un instante en llevarse por delante a quien haga falta con tal de hacer realidad sus aspiraciones.After the initial TV series the author revised the published novel to bring it in line with the UK TV series, in which Urquhart throws Mattie from the roof rather than committing suicide, thus allowing for a continuation of the story. The name of the newspaper that Mattie Storin works for was changed from The Daily Telegraph to the fictional The Chronicle, same as the TV series. Non è che quando i giochi sono ormai fatti, che finalmente capisce cosa ha realmente ottenuto e decide di puntare al vertice.