49. Hampton Court Palace
Neil Oliver: News, Comment, History
Fat Belly Films
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 26 April 2021
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
In this podcast Neil takes us with him, setting foot into a building whose history is inextricably woven into the story of the British Isles.
A landmark building, that’s as beautiful as it is beguiling. In 1944 General Dwight Eisenhower camped beside it and planned the D-Day landings, William Shakespeare and his troop of actors performed in it’s Great Hall, but Henry VIII’s bloated and corrupt shadow falls most darkly on its red bricks.
It’s a palace with panache, a building that’s full of intrigue, politics and high drama. It’s a place that gave birth to a book, but not just any book, a book whose poetic words, cadences, and rhythms made it a cornerstone of English literature – the King James Bible. The elegance of the humanity expressed within its pages helped empower the formation of modern democracy, and this book was conceived within the walls of the magnificent Hampton Court Palace.
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| 0:51.3 | of my love letter to the British Isles. |
| 0:54.0 | Q the music. There has been no other book in the English language that has had so much significance, so much impact. |
| 1:17.5 | In this podcast, we're stepping foot into a building whose history is inextricably woven into the story of the British Isles, |
| 1:21.9 | camped beside it in 1944 General Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| 1:27.0 | planned the D-Day Landings. William Shakespeare and his troop of actors performed in its great hall. |
| 1:35.0 | Henry the 8th bloated and corrupt shadow falls darkly across its red bricks. |
| 1:42.0 | And it's a place that gave birth to a book and not just any |
| 1:47.9 | book a translation of the The elegance of the humanity expressed within its pages helped empower the formation of modern democracy. |
| 2:07.0 | The King James Bible. The best-selling book ever. |
| 2:22.0 | I'm stepping out across Britain to discover 100 remarkable places that have shaped you, me, and the whole world. I'm Neil Oliver and this is my love letter to the British Isles. Hi Neil, in the last episode we watched the mighty Spanish armada being battered, beaten |
| 2:40.3 | and destroyed near the Giants Causeway. Where are we now? |
| 2:45.2 | We're in a landmark building as beautiful as it is beguiling. It's a des res and it's played a part in much of the history that has unfolded in these isles. |
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