Thames - Sacred River - Peter Ackroyd
Category: Documentary
Narrator: Simon Callow
Tags: Documentary, Misc. Non-fiction, Literature
The Thames has been a highway, a frontier, and an attack route; it has been a playground and a sewer, a source of water, and a source of power. Every stretch has its own character, atmosphere, and stories. Thames: Sacred River explores the river from source to sea. Peter Ackroyd, best-selling author of London: The Biography, tells the story of the river and the people who have lived on and by it over the centuries., In part one, The Mirror of History, he explores the rivers geology, early history, and mythology with fascinating facts and anecdotes., In part two, The Working River, we discover the wherries, barges, and bridges, the industries, lawmakers, and lawbreakers who form the life of the river., In the third and final part, Shadows and Depths, Ackroyd turns his attention to the river as a source of pleasure and healing, to the poetry and art that have been inspired by it, to the scenes that mark the end of its journey., Peter Ackroyd; (P) Random House
