Secrets of the Castle

9.4IMDb Score
Released:2014-11-18
Duration:60 min
Director:
Actors:Ruth Goodman, Peter Ginn, Tom Pinfold, Paul McGann
Production:Lion Television

Overview:

How do you build a medieval castle from scratch? Domestic historian Ruth Goodman and archeologists Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold make perhaps their most ambitious foray into the past as they head to France to take part in a build that has been underway since 1997. Our intrepid history adventurers join this magnificent construction at Guédelon Castle to recreate authentic medieval castle living from within its rising walls.

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