Bridgerton fans, listen up! Netflix has just dropped a swoony new period drama you won't want to miss. Based on Italian author Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's 1958 classic, The Leopard follows Don Fabrizio Corbera,

Netflix has added The Leopard, a sumptuous Italian period drama that is surely one for fans of Downton Abbey and The Crown. The six-parter, based on Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's world-famous 1958 novel and added to Netflix globally on Wednesday,

Lampedusa's mid-20th-Century novel The Leopard became a bestseller, then a revered film – and is now a lavish Netflix series - why does it remain relevant today?

This new epic saga set in Sicily stars Kim Rossi Stuart as the namesake prince, with the promise of politics, romance and tumult.

Is The Leopard Netflix’s most intoxicating period drama yet? With its breathtaking visuals and gripping storytelling, here’s why everyone is talking about it!

The novel has already been adapted for the cinema before, with the resulting film being renowned as one of the great achievements of cinema. The 1963 adaptation, directed by visionary Italian filmmaker Luchino Visconti,

Six-part adaptation of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s Sicilian classic is ambitiously expansive yet over-polished

"Everything must change for everything to remain the same,” Tancredi, Prince Fabrizio Salina’s beloved nephew, says in a now-famous line from Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s novel "The Leopard." The same philosophy applies to the look and feel of the Sicily-set classic’s Netflix miniseries adaptation,

A visually stunning, superbly played adaptation that at times leans into melodrama

Netflix has just released a critically acclaimed new drama based on one of the best novels ever written that was very nearly lost to history. Critics are calling the six-part drama ‘intoxicating’ and ‘guaranteed to make you swoon’ as all the episodes are released today (Wednesday, 5th March).

Movies added to Netflix in March include Den of Thieves 2: Pantera, The Outrun, 50 First Dates, Beginners, Black Hawk Down, Blade Runner: The Final Cut, Blood and Bone, Do the Right Thing, Friday, High-Rise, The Holiday, Ma, National Security, Next Friday, Pride & Prejudice, Runaway Jury, See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Sicario, Ted, Wedding Crashers.

Netflix 's Italian answer to The Crown is nearly here – and as period drama obsessives, we can't wait to see it. The streamer's upcoming series, The Leopard, is bringing us all the historical, prestige vibes with added 'magical' Sicilian flair.