Publisher: Umbrella Entertainment Run time: 530mins Year: 1983 Release date: 18/06/2009 RRP: $ 49.99
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This highly acclaimed BBC 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 patrician head of the house, is steadfastly loyal to the King. However the family is torn apart when his eldest daughter Anne weds John Fletcher, the idealistic son of a merchant family who support the forces of Oliver Cromwell.
A fascinating portrayal of a noble family torn apart during a civil war that divided loyalists in support of King Charles 1 and parliamentarians supporting Cromwell, BY THE SWORD DIVIDED is a lavish production that has drawn comparisons to another top-rating BBC historical drama, Poldark.
This stunning DVD presentation includes the entire Series One, all ten feature-length episodes on 4 discs.
Episodes include: Gather Ye Rosebuds; This War Without an Enemy; The Sound of Drums; A Silver Moon; The Edge of the Sword; Outrageous Fortune; A Sea of Dangers; Ring of Fire; Ashes to Ashes; Not Peace, But a Sword.
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