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Sword of Freedom

Season 1 Episode 22: The School

2 SeasonsAug 08, 1958NR25m8

After the shops of Republican sympathizers are wrecked and burned, Marco notices the link to the attacks are the school the sons of shopkeepers attend. Marco volunteers as the school's new art teacher to discover the boy who providing...

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Francesca

1. Francesca

Aired: Feb 20, 1958

In order to ally himself with a Spanish duchy, Duke de Medici agrees to marry...

Episode 2 The Sicillian

2. The Sicillian

Aired: Feb 27, 1958

A card sharp fleeces Sandro of his own money as well as a large sum he is car...

Episode 3 Choice of Weapons

3. Choice of Weapons

Aired: Mar 6, 1958

De Medici challenges Marco to a duel, but substitutes de Foix, the best sword...

Episode 4 Caterina

4. Caterina

Aired: Mar 13, 1958

The commander of de Medici's guard insults the painters of Florence by commis...

Episode 5 The Hero

5. The Hero

Aired: Mar 20, 1958

General Ferrucci, an exiled enemy of the Duke de Medici, accepts an amnesty f...

Episode 7 The Duke

7. The Duke

Aired: Apr 3, 1958

Fearing a revolt because of his high taxes, de Medici hires Spanish mercenari...

Episode 8 The Eye of the Artist

8. The Eye of the Artist

Aired: Apr 10, 1958

A Republican courier is ambushed and his message to a man only known as "Orsi...

Episode 9 The Tower

9. The Tower

Aired: Apr 17, 1958

In order to impress a visiting nobleman, the Duke de Medici commissions elabo...

Episode 10 Alessandro

10. Alessandro

Aired: Apr 24, 1958

Marco agrees to help a young butcher who dreams of becoming an artist, but th...

Episode 11 The Ship

11. The Ship

Aired: May 2, 1958

Stephano tries to get the Duke of Urbino to invest in a ship for Far East tra...

Episode 12 The Bracelet

12. The Bracelet

Aired: May 9, 1958

After helping Francesca when she is thrown from her horse, Marco discovers th...

Episode 13 The Slave

13. The Slave

Aired: May 16, 1958

A staunch abolitionist, Marco meets a Turkish princess about to be sold into ...

Episode 14 The Bell

14. The Bell

Aired: May 23, 1958

The Duke de Medici plots to prevent the annual ceremony of the striking of Fl...

Episode 15 The Suspects

15. The Suspects

Aired: May 30, 1958

Sandro overhears a conversation among the Duke's men where he learns that one...

Episode 16 Serenade in Red

16. Serenade in Red

Aired: Jun 6, 1958

Marco tries to assist two lovers, one the nephew of Florence's despot and the...

Episode 18 The Value of Paper

18. The Value of Paper

Aired: Jun 20, 1958

A parchment maker will not allow his daughter to marry a paper maker. Marco i...

Episode 19 The Pagan Venus

19. The Pagan Venus

Aired: Jul 11, 1958

In order to raise money to buy expensive brass cannon, De Medici connives wit...

Episode 20 Forgery in Red Chalk

20. Forgery in Red Chalk

Aired: Jul 18, 1958

When Leonardo da Vinci visits Florence, the Duke De Medici attempts to purcha...

Episode 21 Vespucci

21. Vespucci

Aired: Aug 1, 1958

When an Italian explorer seeks funding for another trip to the New World, his...

Episode 22 The School

22. The School

Aired: Aug 8, 1958

After the shops of Republican sympathizers are wrecked and burned, Marco noti...

Episode 23 Chart of Gold

23. Chart of Gold

Aired: Aug 15, 1958

After a ten-year voyage full of perils, a famous sea captain returns to his f...

Episode 24 The Ambassador

24. The Ambassador

Aired: Aug 22, 1958

Marco and Angelica convince the British ambassador to disguise himself as a g...

Episode 26 Angelica's Past

26. Angelica's Past

Aired: Sep 5, 1958

The thief who taught Angelica to be a pickpocket returns to Florence and insi...

Episode 27 The Beseiged Duchess

27. The Beseiged Duchess

Aired: Sep 12, 1958

The Duke de Medici orders Machiavelli to purchase the ruined castle of a loca...

Info about Sword of Freedom

Current Status: Ended

Network: ITV1

Genres:Adventure, Family