53. Civil War! Lansdown Hill, Bath.
Neil Oliver: News, Comment, History
Fat Belly Films
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 24 May 2021
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
In this podcast we’re travelling the sharp end of a war which ripped the British Isles apart.
King Charles I went head to head with increasingly bold Parliamentarians. Bitter, internecine politics and deadly powerplays led to opposing armies being raised, and a bloody civil war swept across the whole of the British Isles. Families, neighbours and lifelong friends were pitted against each another as people were compelled to pick a side and face each other in the blood and gore of lethal combat.
In the beautiful rolling hills of the west country, near the city of Bath, a brutal battle was fought that throws the personal tragedy of civil war into sharp relief - horror and heroism side by side with the intimate heartbreak of friends fighting against each other to the death. The battle of Lansdown Hill fought in 1643.
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| 1:06.5 | In this podcast we're stepping into the maelstrom which ripped the British Isles apart. |
| 1:20.0 | A bloody storm sweeping across three kingdoms. Charles the first, the King with a God complex, |
| 1:27.5 | went head to head with increasingly bold parliamentarians. |
| 1:38.0 | Bitter, inter-neissine politics and deadly power plays led to armies being raised. |
| 1:47.7 | Families, neighbours and lifelong pitied against each other, as people were compelled to pick aside and face each other in the blood and gore of lethal combat as the country was gripped and ripped by civil war. |
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