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Yeah, well, Naples is an extraordinary place
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Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

Yeah, well, Naples isan extraordinary place which was fought over bycivilisations,...

Yeah, well, Naples is
an extraordinary place which was fought over by
civilisations, populations, inhabited by the Greeks,
the Romans, the Normans, the Bourbons, Napoleon, right up until Garibaldi came
here in 1861 and freed it from occupational rule and decided
to make Italy one country

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Yeah, well, Naples is an extraordinary place
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which was fought over by civilisations, populations,
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inhabited by the Greeks, the Romans, the Normans,
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the Bourbons, Napoleon,
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right up until Garibaldi came here in 1861 and freed it from
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occupational rule and decided to make Italy one country.
Duration
20 seconds
Views
55
Timestamp in Movie
00:04:03
Uploaded
May 21, 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 Richard narrates: The Cevennes is still one of France's wildest - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
Richard narrates: The Cevennes is still one of France's...
S01 • E03 Here's how he describes the Moorish quarter, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
Here's how he describes the Moorish quarter,
S01 • E02 In the 19th century, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:13
In the 19th century,
S01 • E03 "The streets are narrow, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
"The streets are narrow,
S01 • E03 "Undulating tentacles that twist and turn capriciously - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
"Undulating tentacles that twist and turn capriciously
S01 • E02 It was an area that offered exactly the kind of experience - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
It was an area that offered exactly the kind of experience
S01 • E01 Each of these cultures and people have left their mark - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
Each of these cultures and people have left their mark
S01 • E03 "There are houses placed - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:19
"There are houses placed
S01 • E01 And when we are walking around, we can almost see the relics - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
And when we are walking around, we can almost see the relics
S01 • E01 It's as though we are almost looking into - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
It's as though we are almost looking into
S01 • E02 Although, technically, mule is half donkey. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
Although, technically, mule is half donkey.
S01 • E02 And Stevenson's donkey was called Modestine, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:14
And Stevenson's donkey was called Modestine,
S01 • E01 But you can see that there was something - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
But you can see that there was something
S01 • E03 - Coming from a very small village, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
- Coming from a very small village,
S01 • E01 - That's my friend, Pasquale. - Yes, ciao bella! - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
- That's my friend, Pasquale. - Yes, ciao bella!
S01 • E01 [speaking in Italian] - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:12
[speaking in Italian]
S01 • E03 He was astonished when he came up to the Alhambra - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:13
He was astonished when he came up to the Alhambra
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