War and Peace

[Ralph Lindberg]

I was just watching the recent BBC production of War and Peace.




At about the 7:10 hr mark Prince Bolkonsky (the elder, the grumpy old man) is seen mounting a piece of wood on his treadle lathe, that is sitting in the parlor.

Spot oh authentic for the period. Nobles in German, Scandinavian and Russian areas took up turning as a avocation.




Of course -they- didn't have to clean up the wood chips. :D

[Chris Hachet]

I always love seeing wood working in the media.

[David DeCristoforo]

7:10 hours??? And you were still awake?

[Ralph Lindberg]

Ya, and it's "cut", I've noticed several minor plot lines dropped

War & Peace is a -long- book