
December 23, 1987 · 38 years old

A biographical portrait of a pre-fame Jane Austen and her romance with a young Irishman.

Katherine Parr, the sixth wife of King Henry VIII, is named regent while the tyrant battles abroad. When the king returns, increasingly ill and paranoid, Katherine finds herself fighting for her own survival.

In 1950s small town Britain, a doctor develops a relationship with her young patient's mother.