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Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

Chateau d'If used to bea military fortress, commissionedby the King of France, François...

Chateau d'If used to be
a military fortress, commissioned
by the King of France, François Premier, Francis I,
to defend Marseilles against the Habsburg

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- Chateau d'If used to be a military fortress,
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commissioned by the King of France,
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François Premier, Francis I, to defend Marseilles
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against the Habsburg.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
44
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:10
Uploaded
May 22, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary
Production
Storyvault Films

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Movie Summary

Richard E Grant packs his clothes and a bag of books and travels to the locations authors have fictionalised to gain a sense of the places that inspired their novels.
S01 • E03 It's wild country. Savage country. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
It's wild country. Savage country.
S01 • E03 And that's part of the pleasure of it for us, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
And that's part of the pleasure of it for us,
S01 • E01 For example, 9:52, we play 9, 52, 66. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
For example, 9:52, we play 9, 52, 66.
S01 • E01 So this is the three numbers that we make rich today. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
So this is the three numbers that we make rich today.
S01 • E03 To be able to look around and just see mountains - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
To be able to look around and just see mountains
S01 • E02 So, as the military system was over, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
So, as the military system was over,
S01 • E01 [laughs] - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:14
[laughs]
S01 • E03 - So, how far is it, Chris, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
- So, how far is it, Chris,
S01 • E02 - Probably they tried to, but it was very difficult, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
- Probably they tried to, but it was very difficult,
S01 • E02 What we know is that the condition of lives - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
What we know is that the condition of lives
S01 • E03 Our nearest neighbour is over that way - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
Our nearest neighbour is over that way
S01 • E02 Richard narrates: In The Count of Monte Cristo, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
Richard narrates: In The Count of Monte Cristo,
S01 • E01 [applause] - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
[applause]
S01 • E03 What sheep like more than anything in the world is figs - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
What sheep like more than anything in the world is figs
S01 • E03 Richard narrates: Chris' book is subtitled - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
Richard narrates: Chris' book is subtitled
S01 • E02 - Dantès was accused to be Bonapartist, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
- Dantès was accused to be Bonapartist,
S01 • E01 Richard narrates: It's perhaps not surprising - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:12
Richard narrates: It's perhaps not surprising
S01 • E03 And it's quickly obvious why he had to be an optimist - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
And it's quickly obvious why he had to be an optimist
S01 • E03 Despite apparently merging into the landscape - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
Despite apparently merging into the landscape
S01 • E02 So he was imprisoned in the cells right there, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
So he was imprisoned in the cells right there,