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Meirion-Jones, Gwyn, Edward Impey and Michael Jones. (eds) (2002) The Seigneurial Residence in Western Europe AD c800-1600. Oxford: Archaeopress. ISBN 978-1-84171-466-0. In the keep, the king's First-Queen, Carmotta Il'Lunadella, is scheming. She knows that the heavily pregnant Third-Queen Emmabelle is plotting against her, but isn't quite sure how. Chafing at the bonds that constrain her due to her sex, Carmotta plans out her intrigues even as rumors of coup swirl throughout the court. Although medieval writers typically referred to Norman keeps as a magna turris, or great tower, there was no specific contemporary term for a shell keep. [29] Kennedy, Harlan (December 1983). "Michael Mann – In Interview Castle – 'Keep' ". Film Comment. Archived from the original on 8 January 2023 – via American Cinema Papers. Provocative and decadent, crude and funny, and an altogether entertaining fantasy adventure.”—Edward Cox, author of The Relic Guild series

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Worldbuilding is rich and compelling, full of small details that reference real historical facts (and examples appear really early). With some folk horror touches, it is really enjoyable to discover more of the world that also appeared in Pennyblade;each character has its own accent, even with different dialects. Rowan, A. J. (1952) The Castle Style in British Domestic Architecture in the 18th and 19th Centuries. Cambridge: Cambridge University, Unpublished Ph.D. thesis. The Keep Within features a dark world with gray characters where everyone has a secret, and they’ll do almost anything to save them from coming to light. You know, the deadly sort of secrets. Every character seems to be walking this thin line between life and death, and at any moment, with any little slip, they could be thrust on the wrong side of that line. Which, as one might imagine, makes the story rather thrilling to read, because gosh, what a precarious balance to try to maintain! Carmotta, the first wife of the King, has a personal vendetta against Larksdale, and she sees his trying to work the King for his own ends as a threat to her own schemes. Secretly sleeping with her cousin, who's pretending to the court that he's gay, she's become pregnant. Unfortunately, King Ean hasn't slept with her since they lost their first child, and is instead doting on his new, pregnant, wife Emmabelle. Now Carmotta has to figure out a plan to get the King to sleep with her, so that she can pass of her bastard baby as his, saving her life. Writer Steven Rybin notes in his book Michael Mann: Crime Auteur that The Keep "does not construct a view of the world in which simple and unambiguous forces such as "good" and "evil" do battle. Mann clearly finds human evil in the failure of systems and not in individuals", citing the fact that the Nazi soldiers in the film pillage the metal crosses from the stone fortress for economic gain, unwittingly unleashing the evil spirit of Molasar. [9] Rybin also asserts that, despite the narrative's core thematic elements, Mann is more concerned with crafting a "visual and sonic fairytale". [10] Production [ edit ] Filming [ edit ]

This is a weird book for me to review. For the most part, I really enjoyed it but there was just something that stopped me from loving it. Liddiard, Robert. (ed) (2003) Anglo-Norman Castles. Woodbridge, UK: Boydell Press. ISBN 978-0-85115-904-1. Nordine, Michael (22 August 2013). "Michael Mann's Long Lost Film "The Keep" Rises Again". LA Weekly. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022. Larksdale works so well in this courtly drama as he is both part of it and not. He runs a theatre and loves the arts. His plays are what keeps him in the king's favour but also the drugs and ruffians he can procure. A deeply flawed character, but one who is more sympathetic than most. He finds himself thrust into a quest that he does not want and had no plans for. This makes his predicament even more exciting.

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The Keep Within is an excellent and complex grimdark novel written by J.L. Worrad. A deliciously violent proposal and well-crafted prose are some of the characteristics that made this a really enjoyable experience, apart from a complex story using multiple POVs, following what could be called a chess match with several players moving the pieces. Glaeken and his love interest Eva (Magda in the book) actually got to know each in the novel too. They stay at the same inn and occasionally team up to spy on the keep, and time is taken to develop a love story between them. In the movie they meet and within minutes there’s an awkward 1980s sex scene, which is quite jarring. Mann planned to flesh out this subplot, but most of these scenes were removed. The villain

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As far as dark worlds go, The Keep Within doesn’t disappoint. It takes an already dark world and layers a bit more complexity on it. I loved the characters . . . as much as one can love a group of despicable gray characters that would rather stab someone than consider their own insecurities and shortcomings. Which, you know, is a lot of love, given the sort of characters I prefer. The only real downside I found in this book is that the big, overall plot ends on mostly a technicality (a brilliant one, but still) and a world where the magic is a little too soft, where I didn’t understand much of it. a b Armstrong, Sam (16 December 2015). "Lost And Found: Tangerine Dream's The Keep". uDiscoverMusic. Archived from the original on 8 January 2023. Kaufmann, J. E. and H. W. Kaufmann. (2004) The Medieval Fortress: Castles, Forts, and Walled Cities of the Middle Ages. Cambridge, US: Da Capo. ISBN 978-0-306-81358-0. The changeling offspring of Jorg Ancrath and Phèdre nó Delaunay. Filthy, furious, wonderful.”– Anna Smith-Spark, author of “The Court of Broken Knives”

Anyone work on 'The Keep' in 1980s". Life in the Vertical. 8 July 2011 . Retrieved 14 December 2012. By contrast, the remainder of Europe saw stone towers being used in castles, but not in a way that fulfilled the range of functions seen in the western European keeps. In the Low Countries, it became popular for the local nobility to build stand-alone, square towers, but rarely as part of a wider castle. [72] Similarly, square stone towers became popular in Venice, but these did not fulfil the same role as western keeps. [73] In Germany, rectangular stone castles began to replace motte-and-bailey castles from the 12th century onwards. [74] These designs included stone versions of the traditional Bergfriede, which still remained distinct from the domestic keeps used in more western parts of Europe, with the occasional notable exception, such as the large, residential Bergfried at Eltville Castle. [74] Paramount Home Entertainment released The Keep on VHS in 1984, and later on LaserDisc on 22 December 1993. [40] These guidelines and standards aim to keep the content on Booking.com relevant and family-friendly, without limiting expression or strong opinions. They're also applicable regardless of the comment's tone.

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Donjon" and "Castle keep" redirect here. For other uses of Donjon, see Donjon (disambiguation). For the film, see Castle Keep.