ARTS & DRAMA
9 December 2007
Sunday 9 December 2007 16:30-17:00 (Radio 4 FM)
Repeated: Saturday 15 December 2007 23:30-0:00 (Radio 4 FM)
Jonathan Bate presents a series examining historical events through the poetry they inspired.
Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders, by John Dryden, reveals an unquenchable enthusiasm for the events of 1666. Historians remember these to include an inconclusive naval war with the Dutch, plague, and finally the Great Fire of London.
