S1E1:James Boswell
Great Scots: The Writers Who Shaped a Nation
16 Aug 201451 minTV-PG
Contains Language. Suggestive Dialogue.
Andrew Marr explores the writers who have reflected, defined and challenged Scottish national identity over the last three hundred years. He begins with an unlikely literary hero, James Boswell, a man torn between his patriotic duty at home and his desire for fame and adventure elsewhere. His colorful life and work captured the endlessly uneasy relationship between England and Scotland.
