Antonia Fraser
Lady Antonia Fraser chooses The Fighting Temeraire by J.M.W. Turner
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Books include Perilous Question: The Drama of the Great Reform Bill 1832, Marie Antoinette, The Six Wives of Henry VIII, and Must you Go? My Life with Harold Pinter
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The Fighting Temeraire by JMW Turner
Lady Antonia Fraser chooses聽an oil painting by J.M.W. Turner, full title The Fighting聽Temeraire tugged to her last berth to be broken up (1839),聽depicting a ship that played a crucial part in the Battle of Trafalgar. Presented by Mark Lawson.
On聽display聽at the National Gallery in London.
From the Archive
The Painting
Charles Saumarez Smith and Louise Govier of the National Gallery on the genesis of Turner鈥檚 masterpiece.
From聽Fighting聽Temeraire 29聽Dec 2005 on Radio 4
The Battle of Trafalgar
Historian Adam Lambert and Graeme Fife uncover HMS Temeraire鈥檚 role in the Battle of Trafalgar of 1805.
From Fighting Temeraire 29 Dec 2005 on Radio 4聽
Writing History
Lady Antonia Fraser聽and fellow historian Margaret MacMillan discuss the intricacies of writing history.
The Poem
A reading of Sir Henry Newbolt's rousing poem The Fighting Temeraire.
From Poetry Please 08 Jan 1990
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