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维基百科上说：
Sir Arthur Hill 1753年出生，比Sarah Dore小一岁。他的父亲是Wills Hill，为一代 Downshire 侯爵，Arthur Hill作为长子，在父亲死后成为二代Downshire 侯爵。加罗律师中设定的剧情年间，他老爸仅仅是Kilwarlin 子爵，1789年到1793年成为 Hillsborough 伯爵，1793年晋升Downshire 侯爵。同年一代Downshire侯爵过世，arthur hill成为二代Downshire侯爵。

Sarah Dore确实是他的情妇，其父为爱尔兰贵族。“Hill also had a son, William Arthur Dore-Hill, with his mistress Sarah Dore (who later married William Garrow”。也就是剧中令他耿耿于怀的儿子。

另外，bbc官网介绍说Sarah Dore曾经是Lady Sarah Hill，也即与Arthur Hill有过数年的婚姻，后来闹离婚，发现婚姻根本不成立。推测是Arthur Hill为避免“野种”成为继承人，效法亨利八世的做法。按照英国今天的法律，二人属于partnership。

Arthur Hill的嫡妻为Mary Sandys，1786年结婚，两人生了七个孩子，长子Arthur Blundell Sandys Trumbull Hill成为三代Downshire侯爵，次子继承母系的爵位，成为二代Sandys 男爵。

1778年Sarah26岁，生下25岁的Hill的孩子，1781年29岁，生下小八岁的Garrow的孩子，这时Garrow还没从林肯法学院毕业呢！！！

这段狗血的三角恋情可以简单描述为高富帅的partner另找了激情澎湃、口若悬河的屌丝小白脸，对Arthur Hill来说也是不小的打击。他的婚生子直到1788年才诞生，彼时garrow的娃都会打酱油了。

在一个课间，老师为我们播放了一个律师精彩的辩护片段，遗憾的是我们没能看到结果。出于好奇，我搜到了这部Garrow Law:Tales From The Old Bailey。如果用一句话评价，我会说，复杂的法律用语是影响我观看的唯一障碍，但是只要理解了他们想要表达的意图，这就是一部我在2010年看到的最好的一部英剧。男主不帅，我还是很欣赏的，而且强烈怀疑他是水瓶男，哈哈，标新立异，与众不同，天资聪颖，藐视世俗，却在意他人的看法、在意最亲近的人。唔，当他抿着薄薄的嘴唇，慷慨陈词，又带一点点自虐的发表演说时，太合我胃口了~
（引用对白能够有效地增加文章长度，嘿嘿）
-I will be an Old Bailey barrister.

-I believe I am fortunate to have made your acquaintance.
-And fortune may allow us to prevail.

-By association with you I may find some other trouble altogether.
-I shall change the trial forever.
-Then you shall make enemies, Mr Garrow.
-I hope there shall be some who will favor me.

-Justice is not applause, approval is not the law!
-I cannot do what is not in my heart.
-You were called to the bar. They did not announce your heart there.

-You wish to change the law? Well, you have made a mortal enemy of the Attorney General, so there is some progress.
-I no longer make an enemy of you, at least.

短短的四集，8个案子，除了Garrow的 “老贝利”处女秀，他有惊无险地赢得了所有辩护，无论他所在的一方是正义还是被人们所鄙视。

每次我看到戴着长长的绵羊卷法官对Garrow一脸气愤却又无可奈何的样子，总是满心欢喜。他们老绵羊的形象太深入我心，以致于有一集他没戴帽子时我差点没认出来那个头发稀疏的老头子。。。
每当我看到Sarah与Garrow会心对视时，总是为他们的相识相知感到庆幸，却为他们的有缘无分感到惋惜，也许这样的结局是对他们最好的吧？如果没有Sarah的身份与地位，Garrow无法得到支持；没有Garrow的辩护，Sarah也无法得到精神上的慰藉。我很感激编剧没有花太多笔墨在这二人关系上，这种朦胧的、似是而非的感情最能激起我这种八卦观众的兴趣啦~也感谢编剧还是满足了我的yy，赏了一点点小粉红~最后那杯水——I will support you forever~
每当我看到Thomas Rawlings，那个充满娱记精神的记者在法庭上奋笔疾书时，总是对他又爱又恨。他对Garrow的评价可谓是一针见血——witty，fierce and merciless，他所说的“are the lawyers and not the judges to turn events now?”没错，法庭是双方律师的战场，是为自己当事人辩护的较量，而律师就是要对自己的当事人负责，对控方残忍，这在我看来是律师的职业道德，是他们的天职。不过从这部剧看来，是Garrow开启了这一传统，他做到了change the trial forever。我钦佩有梦想的人，更加钦佩为了实现梦想而不断追逐并有所放弃的人。Garrow作为出身平民，却一开辩护之先河，是法律从绅士们的游戏转变成为公民服务的工具，这才体现了法律的公平与正义。这些是出身贵族的Silvester们无法理解也无法追寻的。

除了Sarah，我想Garrow最应该感激的人有两位，Southouse和Silvester。一个是提携他帮助他的老师，一个是嘲讽他打击他的对手。他们见证了Garrow的失败，也目睹了他的挫折，最后造就了他的成功。当Southouse说道“He’s wayward, outspoken, rude, belligerent, and an enemy unto himself.”，我毫不意外的听到他的下一句话，哈哈，真是贴切。是Southouse教会了Garrow如何做一名称职的律师，法律的真谛又是什么。而Silvester也教会了Garrow许多事情，使他不再在意讽刺，使他面对挑衅时保持冷静，使他明白要对自己的生命负责。

最后的结局算是皆大欢喜了吧，主人公抵制住了诱惑，获得了事业上的成功，重新得到了良师益友的支持，死对头得到了惩罚，竞争对手输给了他，很现实也很圆满。英剧就是这点最好，让人感觉他不是在编故事，但又给人故事中才有的美好。
期待续集^_^

说说我觉得最喜欢的一个场景吧~第四集开始的案件，Garrow在为prostitute辩护，老绵羊法官昏昏欲睡，silvester一脸陶醉地看着他（我一直觉得他有点女相，而且面露桃花，尤其是含情脉脉的看着小G的时候，啊。。。你俩还能再暧昧点么），直到Garrow提到了关键词汇，老绵羊一下精神起来，rawlings童鞋顿时奋笔疾书，恨不得变成打字机，哇咔咔~而法官驳回小S的话时，他对小G那个怨念的小眼神哟。。。get a room！

PS：有没有谁能解答我两个困惑，为什么法官在宣判时要被盖上一块黑布，为什么开庭之前要用类似熏香的东西在法庭里转呀转。。。

这是我感觉比较好看的一部系列片。本片讲述了18世纪末，一位对英国司法史具有划时代意义的律师的故事。每一集故事的创作灵感均来自于当时加罗律师所审案子的卷宗。那个年代，被起诉的罪犯通常得不到律师的辩护，加罗开创了先河，他开始对嫌疑人进行有部分限制的辩护。加罗利用他娴熟的法律知识，精彩并富有感染力的话语，时时打动陪审团的心。个人评分4.8分。

如果事实如此，那么这位先生在我看来，即使是个成功的人，也不免是个男小三而已。

这部剧很好看，四集下来酣畅淋漓。从加罗开始的青涩到最后在法庭上的针锋相对所有人都开始害怕他，甚至收买他。

虽然剧情很酣畅淋漓但是过分的加上一些感情色调让我觉得各种囧，私生活方面的问题果然是他最大的败笔吧。人家有老公，并且怀孕了还要求别人跟自己走……这种人就是小三啊摔不过是男的而已。

即使成就非凡我也依旧觉得这张人是渣。

仅个人观点。

即时是在法制还不够发达的英国，从庭审到场外的较量上看，英国人也比几百年以后的中国人文明许多。
本片很不错。

The Mystery of Sarah Garrow
BBC’s Garrow’s Law is a great piece of drama. And Lady Sarah contributes to the fun of the story. Lyndsey Marshal is intriguing as Lady Sarah. I wouldn’t want to change a thing.

In an historical drama, such as Garrow’s Law, the writers must create fiction – putting words into characters' mouths. Situations are created to carry out historically accurate themes. Real characters, with new words and created situations, become morphed into new creatures. And the new creatures become remembered as the authentic ones. Known or knowable facts sometimes get in the way of a good story, and are quickly overlooked and forgotten.

 

Much mystery surrounds the real Sarah. And yet much is known about her. Her name was Sarah Dore. She had a serious relationship with Sir Arthur Hill. They had a child, named William Arthur. By all accounts Sarah was an elegant lady. This is made clear by her portrait by John Russell, which is a part of the Rothschild Collection at the National Trust estate at Waddesdon Manor. She is thought to have had an aristocratic Irish background, and colorful stories have been passed down the subsequent generations of her extended family.

However there are some awkward facts that are overlooked in the “Garrow’s Law” dramas.

Garrow started working as a barrister in the Old Bailey in early 1784. Yet by this time Sarah had birthed the child by Sir Arthur Hill. A son, William Arthur Dore Hill, was born sometime in 1778. It is interesting to note that the father, Sir Arthur Hill, upon the death of his of his own father, Wills Hill, became the 2nd Marquis of Downshire, and soon became one of the richest men in England.

But Sarah’s relationship with Arthur Hill did not last and an early relationship with William Garrow was begun. David William, her first child by William Garrow, was born on 15 April 1781 while Garrow was studying law. Her second child by Garrow was Eliza Sophia, born 18 June 1784, during the first year of Garrow’s practice as a barrister in the Old Bailey, and certainly ordered before he started his practice there. What is true is that there was an ongoing supportive relationship between Sir Arthur Hill, and his son, William Arthur Dore Hill, with the son being supported as a gentleman by the Hill family throughout his entire life – with Sarah in the middle between the Garrows and the Hills. The facts of a case are sometimes just as intriguing as fiction.

This all gets personal with me. Sarah was my great great great great grandmother. And I am intrigued by both Sarahs – the one played by Lyndsey Marshal in Garrow’s Law, and the one that comes down through family stories. In addition to being an elegant lady in both version of the story, Sarah was a good mother, raising healthy productive children, and was a much respected member of her community in Pegwell.

But mystery remains. She is buried in the St. Margaret churchyard near Darenth, Kent. Resting next to our Sarah Garrow is Elizabeth Strutton Munn (1693-1741), Margaret Munn Dore (1714-1801), and George Dore (1745-1805). This appears to be a clue into the family background of our Sarah. Who are these people? I am hoping that some competent genealogists will be challenged to discover Sarah’s family background. Was she Catholic? Was she Irish? Was her background truly aristocratic? Please help all the fans of our Sarah with answers to these mysteries.

 Richard Braby

八卦一下，真晕，和电视剧里不一样，Sarah生于1752年，garrow生于1760年，比garrow大8岁。他们两生第一个孩子时，garrow只有21岁还在学习法律.........我刚和我母亲说完，我母亲还不知道是一部英国电视剧时，她说那肯定是国外，中国不大可能。我加了几句，还是在乾隆年间的英国。
1736年是乾隆元年，他们两1781年生第一个孩子，相识肯定更早，假设是1780年乾隆四十五年相识。.....我真晕，这换在现在中国也是新闻。.而且Sarah前老公（事实婚姻），就是电视剧中那位的父亲是什么侯爵，他是长子，若干年后继承爵位成为当时英国非常富有的人士之一。挺感慨的，要是在中国够爆炸性新闻的了。这就是东西方文化的不同吧。就像电影传教士中说的相爱就是相爱。何必牵扯那么多。

又感慨于当时英国的司法体系，虽然现在看来还很粗糙。看过之后就想说那些爱国人士何必对子鸦片战争以来中国受到的侵略耿耿于怀，整天一副受害者要讨回公道的样子。了解英国的历史会心平气和。我们早就输了。
演员和历史上的garrow长相相差不少，去Google一下吧。