The Secret Life of Books - Season 2 - Eps 1: The Faerie Queene
Dr Janina Ramirez unravels Edmund Spenser's Elizabethan epic The Faerie Queene to reveal how this fantasy world of elves, nymphs and questing knights was written in the midst of the brutal Tudor occupation of Ireland, and how the writer's growing disillusionment with the conflict was coded into the poem's restless vers
About The Secret Life of Books
Title: The Secret Life of Books
First Air Date: 2014-09-02
Last Air Date: 2015-11-16
Status: Ended
Rating: 0/10 (from 0 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 2
Total Episodes: 12
Network: BBC Four
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Unknown
Synopsis
Classic books are considered with a fresh eye. Returning to the authors' original manuscripts and letters, expert writers and performers bring their personal insights to these great works.
