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The third, Janet Nelson’s King and Emperor, is a deeply learned and humane portrait of Charlemagne, a man who wielded supreme power in much of Europe three centuries after the fall of Rome. Peter Brown, The New York Review of Books, "No Barbarians Necessary," 8 Sep. 2020

The character could easily have come across as a spoiled brat in the early episodes, given that her learned defense mechanisms involve flippant irreverence and keeping people at a distance. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "Review: Fierce and fun Warrior Nun is a perfect Fourth of July binge-watch," 3 July 2020

Once the inmates stopped working, Marie saw that the officers had developed their own kind of learned helplessness. Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, "Punishment by Pandemic," 15 June 2020

But despite its success, Ovid craved a more learned readership. Esteban Berché, National Geographic, "Did Ovid's erotic poetry lead to his exile from Rome?," 26 Nov. 2019

Once the systems were in place, Optimus successfully transferred the learned skills to Atlas, a 6-foot-tall 400 lb. Grace Williams, Fox News, "These robots at MIT can teach one another," 19 May 2017

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