I’m currently through the first episode of Jeremy Paxman’s Empire and I’m really enjoying it. I’ve watched just the first part about the Sepoys’ Mutiny in India and - having read about it extensively in loads Oxbridge’s books and works - I must say that the subject has been dealt with somehow roughly here and there, and being the aim of the programme to reach a vast - and often not at all competent about this kind of stuff - audience this could be slightly misleading. I’ll wait to watch the whole set of episodes to express a complete opinion about Paxman’s work. Meanwhile I must admit that the footage and the photography are really SPLENDID and to give a face to people or watch places I’ve only read about in books is the most wonderful feeling ever. Can’t wait to see more, but I have to come back to my books.
I’m wondering if it would be possible to have a list of all the painting and pictures used, which would come in handy for my very thesis.
