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Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

In The Count of Monte Cristo, Edmond Dantèsspends 14 grim years in this fortress

Richard narrates:
In The Count of Monte Cristo, Edmond Dantès
spends 14 grim years in this fortress

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Richard narrates: In The Count of Monte Cristo,
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Edmond Dantès spends 14 grim years
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in this fortress.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
42
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:47
Uploaded
May 21, 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 • 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,
S01 • E01 "There is one extraordinary feature - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:12
"There is one extraordinary feature
S01 • E02 So there was a hierarchy of how much money you had - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
So there was a hierarchy of how much money you had
S01 • E03 "The man who sells the bus tickets in Orgiva - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
"The man who sells the bus tickets in Orgiva
S01 • E01 They bring an immense revenue to the government - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
They bring an immense revenue to the government
S01 • E03 "I went once with some friends - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
"I went once with some friends
S01 • E02 So, prisoners who had money could pay the pistole, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
So, prisoners who had money could pay the pistole,
S01 • E01 - When he arrives in Naples, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
- When he arrives in Naples,
S01 • E03 "Caetano was so abominably rude to them and to me - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
"Caetano was so abominably rude to them and to me
S01 • E02 - Having one window, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
- Having one window,
S01 • E01 So this is why people had a great illusion - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
So this is why people had a great illusion
S01 • E02 Richard narrates: Today, visitors can see a cell - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
Richard narrates: Today, visitors can see a cell
S01 • E03 "I got very arsey with him and raised my voice - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
"I got very arsey with him and raised my voice