{"id":60105,"date":"2020-12-05T02:00:16","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T07:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=60105"},"modified":"2020-12-04T08:41:54","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T13:41:54","slug":"rorkes-drift-to-the-british-museum-the-story-of-henry-hook-i-curators-corner-season-4-episode-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2020\/12\/05\/rorkes-drift-to-the-british-museum-the-story-of-henry-hook-i-curators-corner-season-4-episode-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Rorke&#8217;s Drift to the British Museum: The story of Henry Hook I Curator&#8217;s Corner Season 4 episode 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CIRTVls5Wj8\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>The British Museum<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 12 Nov 2018<\/p>\n<p>Henry Flynn recounts the story of Alfred Henry Hook VC, a private in B Company of the 2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot who served at the battle of Rorke&#8217;s Drift before becoming an employee of the British Museum.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From the comments:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>shoutinghorse<\/strong><br \/>\n1 year ago<br \/>\nWhen the movie <em>Zulu<\/em> was premiered in 1964 in London descendants of some of the characters were invited to attend including Henry Hook&#8217;s two daughters, (5:53) they were elderly ladies by then and were so horrified at the portrayal of their father as a malingering drunken thief that they walked out in disgust. In real life Hook was an honest soldier and a teetotaller. The producers of the film later issued an a apology to the Hook family. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2020-12-05-Rorke\u2019s-Drift-to-the-British-Museum-The-story-of-Henry-Hook-I-Curator\u2019s-Corner-Season-4-episode-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2020-12-05-Rorke\u2019s-Drift-to-the-British-Museum-The-story-of-Henry-Hook-I-Curator\u2019s-Corner-Season-4-episode-5-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-61888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2020-12-05-Rorke\u2019s-Drift-to-the-British-Museum-The-story-of-Henry-Hook-I-Curator\u2019s-Corner-Season-4-episode-5-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2020-12-05-Rorke\u2019s-Drift-to-the-British-Museum-The-story-of-Henry-Hook-I-Curator\u2019s-Corner-Season-4-episode-5-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2020-12-05-Rorke\u2019s-Drift-to-the-British-Museum-The-story-of-Henry-Hook-I-Curator\u2019s-Corner-Season-4-episode-5-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2020-12-05-Rorke\u2019s-Drift-to-the-British-Museum-The-story-of-Henry-Hook-I-Curator\u2019s-Corner-Season-4-episode-5.png 853w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The British Museum Published 12 Nov 2018 Henry Flynn recounts the story of Alfred Henry Hook VC, a private in B Company of the 2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot who served at the battle of Rorke&#8217;s Drift before becoming an employee of the British Museum. 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