Edward Wilson Lee: A History of Water

<p>A History of Water... It's a riddling title, and one that's complicated wickedly by its subtitle: Being an Account of a Murder, an Epic and Two Visions of Global History. Edward Wilson-Lee is an author and academic of English literature at Cambridge. His superb new book follows two Portuguese men operating from the heart of the early Renaissance world. One of them, an archivist to the King, was found dead in 1574. The other lived on to become the Portuguese national poet. Beyond its intrigue as a murder investigation, this is a spectacular portrait of exploration, imperialism and cross-cultural trade in Renaissance Europe and beyond.</p> <p>Interviewed by John de Falbe</p> <p>Edited by Magnus Rena</p> <p>Music: Josquin Des Prez, Sanctus "D'ung aultre amer"</p>