| Description |
1 online resource (102 min.) |
| Summary |
The English Civil War is one of the darkest moments of English history. When Parliament published England's first newspaper - advertising their complaints against Charles I, the effect on men and women who had hitherto known nothing of the affairs of government was seismic. The war tore families apart, cut down a generation in its own back yard, and left relatively more people dead than World War I. Everyday we see wars and disputes fought out in print. This is where it started. Brought to life through the personal testimony of contemporary witnesses, Blood on Our Hands is the story of how, step by dreadful step, the nation turned on itself. Lady Brilliana Harley, under siege in her Hereford home, smuggles coded appeals for help to her teenage son in the army. Former journeyman tanner, Sergeant Wharton, gets a taste for leadership only to die during his first battle. And humble woodturner, Nehemiah Wallington, one of a new breed of news junkies, reveals how the whole terrible human tragedy unfolds |
| Notes |
Title from resource description page (viewed October 9, 2015) |
| Cast |
Narrator: Samuel West |
| Notes |
In English |
| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056792
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Great Britain.
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Documentary films.
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History.
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Documentary films.
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Documentaires.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Pirie, Caroline Ross, director, producer
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West, Samuel, 1966- narrator
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