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He was astonished when he came up to the Alhambra
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Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

He was astonished whenhe came up to the Alhambra and saw the palace,so all the Moorish...

He was astonished when
he came up to the Alhambra and saw the palace,
so all the Moorish stories that he had read before
came to his mind

Full Transcript

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He was astonished when he came up to the Alhambra
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and saw the palace, so all the Moorish stories
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that he had read before came to his mind.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
56
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:06
Uploaded
May 22, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
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 • E02 "It was something as much slower than a walk, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
"It was something as much slower than a walk,
S01 • E01 Sophia has a surprise in store - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
Sophia has a surprise in store
S01 • E02 "It kept me hanging on each foot - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
"It kept me hanging on each foot
S01 • E03 Richard narrates: Today, the great palace - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
Richard narrates: Today, the great palace
S01 • E01 Pasquale's family have been managing this water stall, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
Pasquale's family have been managing this water stall,
S01 • E02 "In five minutes, it exhausted the spirit - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
"In five minutes, it exhausted the spirit
S01 • E03 For eight centuries, from 711 AD, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:13
For eight centuries, from 711 AD,
S01 • E01 Traditionally, you'd find these in the markets - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
Traditionally, you'd find these in the markets
S01 • E01 And now they sell anything from wine to Coca-Cola - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:12
And now they sell anything from wine to Coca-Cola
S01 • E02 But speed wasn't the point for Stevenson, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
But speed wasn't the point for Stevenson,
S01 • E03 - The Moors, when the Christians came here, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
- The Moors, when the Christians came here,
S01 • E03 They were even obliged to be baptised, too. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
They were even obliged to be baptised, too.
S01 • E02 He says, "I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
He says, "I travel not to go anywhere, but to go.
S01 • E01 Then he's going to add this water to the lemons, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
Then he's going to add this water to the lemons,
S01 • E03 The city became quite a different city, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
The city became quite a different city,
S01 • E02 "The great affair is to move, to feel the needs - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
"The great affair is to move, to feel the needs
S01 • E01 And this is a sulphuric water - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
And this is a sulphuric water
S01 • E02 "To come down off this feathered bed of civilisation - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
"To come down off this feathered bed of civilisation
S01 • E03 He was in the side of the persecuted - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:21
He was in the side of the persecuted
S01 • E01 Yep. And then he's going to put - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
Yep. And then he's going to put