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The Devil's Whore (2008)

The Devil's Whore poster
Directed by
Marc Munden
Genre
drama
Country
United Kingdom
Length
1 season, 4 episodes
Rated
15
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 47 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

During the English Civil War, a fictional woman named Angelica Fanshawe and a real Leveller soldier named Edward Sexby have a series of adventures. The story covers the years from 1636 to 1660.

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What happens

The Devil's Whore (released as The Devil's Mistress in North America) is a four-part television series set during the English Civil War, produced by Company Pictures for Channel 4 in 2008. It is about the adventures of the fictional Angelica Fanshawe and the historical Leveller soldier Edward Sexby and spans the years 1636 to 1660. It was written by Peter Flannery, who began working on the script in 1997. It was followed by a sequel series, New Worlds, in 2014. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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