William Marshal Conquers BBC
Great news to all ardent
admirers, but also to those who have never heard of Henry the Young King's friend and most celebrated
champion,William Marshal. There is a BBC Two Programme about him
coming on Wednesday, 26 March. Written and presented by Dr Thomas Asbridge (the author of the brilliant The First Crusade: A New
History) and directed by Mr Jack MacInnes, it is going to
bring pure joy to the watchers and make William Marshal proud again. At least I sincerely hope so :-) Many
thanks to my friend Anerje for letting me know about it.
I
am also reading, which I find
even more exciting, that Dr
Asbridge's latest book, A Knight's Tale, will be published in
December 2014. It is going to be a "facinating and revealing”
biography of William Marshal. Looking forward to it!
Excellent news! :-)
ReplyDeleteI too am looking forward to it.
DeleteRead your comment about being contacted about the programme - how exciting! Really looking forward to a Plantagenet filled week!
ReplyDeleteI guess I'll have to wait before I can watch it here, in Poland :-)
DeleteWish I could watch it in the US. Hopefully one day! :)
ReplyDeleteWe are sharing the same fate, dear Marsha! Hopefully one day :-)
DeleteJa w takich sytacjach zawsze korzystam z internetowych live streamów :). Ale te dwa odcinki o Plantagenetach oczywiście przegapiłam i teraz muszę czekać aż jakaś dobra dusza wrzuci je na youtube... Bo na polskim BBC pewnie puszczą, ale za rok albo i dwa. W każdym razie dzięki za info, o Williamie tym razem nie zapomnę :D.
ReplyDeleteKasiu, jak miło, że napisałaś. Co u Ciebie? Ja rozpoczęłam nowego bloga, ale z powodu mojej obecnej sytuacji rodzinnej, wszystko troszeczkę "stanęło w miejscu" :-( Jeśli kiedykolwiek miałabyś ochotę napisać gościnny tekst o Henryku Probusie, zapraszam :-)
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