Black Prince - Wine trade in Medieval Europe - Lourdes
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John McCarthy meets a writer who followed in the 14th century footsteps of the Black Prince through SW France; an historian who has followed a medieval wine trail through Gascony and a novelist who was seduced by the lure of Lourdes and the Pyrenees.
Producer: Harry Parker.
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