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Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

This is an amazing book because Robert Harris has been studyingabout the volcano, about...

This is an amazing book because Robert Harris has been studying
about the volcano, about the eruption,
about the people, about Roman history,
so I was looking for a mistake

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This is an amazing book because
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Robert Harris has been studying about the volcano,
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about the eruption, about the people,
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about Roman history, so I was looking for a mistake.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:10
Uploaded
May 22, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
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 So it's really hypnotic. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
So it's really hypnotic.
S01 • E02 Plus, to be in the locale where the book is set, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
Plus, to be in the locale where the book is set,
S01 • E01 How much of Pliny's information - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
How much of Pliny's information
S01 • E01 Even if I have to say that Pliny was, on the one end, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
Even if I have to say that Pliny was, on the one end,
S01 • E03 Erm, if you're not brought up - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
Erm, if you're not brought up
S01 • E03 ..that's the tradition and culture - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
..that's the tradition and culture
S01 • E01 They had no idea it was a volcano. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
They had no idea it was a volcano.
S01 • E01 They just called it 'the mountain', - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
They just called it 'the mountain',
S01 • E02 I Skyped with my mother the other day and she said, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
I Skyped with my mother the other day and she said,
S01 • E03 For Hemingway, the bullring remained the perfect arena - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
For Hemingway, the bullring remained the perfect arena
S01 • E01 There had been previous eruptions, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:18
There had been previous eruptions,
S01 • E02 "My hair has gone grey." - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
"My hair has gone grey."
S01 • E03 "Bullfighting...", he wrote, "..is the only art - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:22
"Bullfighting...", he wrote, "..is the only a...
S01 • E02 Nothing like your Ma to tell you how it is. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
Nothing like your Ma to tell you how it is.
S01 • E02 Hopefully a restorative weekend on the Cote d'Azur - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
Hopefully a restorative weekend on the Cote d'Azur
S01 • E01 Richard: "It was imposing for a provincial town - - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
Richard: "It was imposing for a provincial town -
S01 • E02 The moment you're here slightly beyond the season, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
The moment you're here slightly beyond the season,
S01 • E03 It's thought that when the civil war broke out - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
It's thought that when the civil war broke out
S01 • E01 "Three or four dozen statues of emperors and local worthies - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
"Three or four dozen statues of emperors and local wort...
S01 • E02 And the quality of the light - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
And the quality of the light