A good story of a woman in a man's world who had the longing to learn from books of all kinds. She had been brought up without a female's presence and that may have been something she never got over. Excelling in many forms of various artistry, she seemed unstoppable in her political calculations at first, but her emotional pain over losing the one true love of her life was her downfall The movie doesn't show the latter part of her life when she left Sweden. Great acting and lovely costumes. I wanted more movie!