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A brand new poetry slot on Radio 4 Extra gives listeners a weekly opportunity to revisit the riches of the BBC radio poetry archive

Poetry Extra: Poetry of History: The Battle of Maldon

11/10/2015

Poetry of History: The Battle of Maldon

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Poetry Extra, Poetry of History: The Battle of Maldon

A look at historical events through the poems they inspired. Jonathan Bate starts in Essex

A look at historical events through the poems they inspired. Jonathan Bate starts in Essex.

BBC Radio 4's and 4 Extra's Poet in Residence, Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's radio poetry archive. 

The Poetry of History looks at historical events through the poems they inspired. 

Jonathan Bate begins on the Essex Coast where the valiant failure of the Anglo-Saxon leader Byrhtnoth against a Viking landing in 991 is remembered best in one of the classics of the Old English cannon, The Battle of Maldon. 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2007.

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