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"June 1644" "Edge of the Sword" Civil War-wounded veteran Sir Martin Lacey is determined to make his castle Annescott a haven for stranded Royalist soldiers. The place has been raided by the Roundheads looking for silver plates collected to help the king's finances.
Set during the seventeenth century, By The Sword Divided follows the fortunes of the noble Lacey family, their servants and their home, Arnescote Castle, through the English Civil War and the Interregnum. Sir Martin Lacey and his household are Royalists but his eldest daughter is married to John Fletcher, a leading figure in the Parliamentary ...
No longer a singing boy but a man without vocation, Hugh's feelings for Anne have grown into love. He confesses such to Margaret, threatening to reveal his secret, but is blissfully unaware of far more momentous truths that will also out.
Yes, some of the battle scenes (where shown!) are more than a little unconvincing, but By the Sword Divided was never about the 'action'; it was about a family, and how that family was torn asunder by the tumultuous events of the mid seventeenth century, events which still cast shadows across some parts of our country.
Excellent British series from 1983.
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This classic period drama series follows the fortunes of the aristocratic Lacey family, living peacefully in Arnescote Castle until the onset of the English Civil War in 1640. Sir Martin Lacey, the head of the family, is steadfastly loyal to the King. However the family is torn apart when his eldest daughter Anne weds John Fletcher - son of a merchant family who support the forces of Cromwell.
