Terry Jones

DaveD · Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 1:06 am Post subject: Terry Jones

Yes, the one from Monty Python!
He's actually a highly qualified historian, and has presented, and co-written, two television series, The Crusades and Medieval Lives, which are the titles of two of his many history books.
The first one, The Crusades, is co-written by Alan Ereira, but it's the voice of Jones that I hear when I'm reading it.

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King Of Dreams · Admin Joined: 20 Jan 2007 Posts: 47 Location: Oxfordshire

personally i prefer michael palin's books and documentaries.
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DaveD · Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 8:34 pm Post subject:

They were a writing team in Python, and elsewhere, so their sense of humour is similar. I've not read Palin's books, but his documentaries have a similar kind of enthusiasm as Jones'.
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King Of Dreams · Admin Joined: 20 Jan 2007 Posts: 47 Location: Oxfordshire

yeah i'll hvae a look at jones' books. i'm just finishing watching palin's full circle, where he goes around the pacific rim. one of the best documentaries he's done.

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Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers.
Charles W. Eliot, The Happy Life, 1896