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The Second Episode of Charles Dickens’ Barnaby Rudge: Solomon tells his story;
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Day two of Barnaby Rudge. He awaits us. Please skip and go to 39 minutes in if you only want to hear the Dickens episode. Before that I chatter nonsense for England, and continue with George Cavendish’s biography of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey. Wolsey is forced to move south and everywhere he goes, crowds of people shout words of support.
On Thursday’s episode we celebrate New Year with the third episode of Barnaby Rudge and we also continue with Samuel Pepys’ diaries. We will also include the Saints’ Days, George Eliot and a spot of poetry. Future poetry will include Shakespeare, Elizabeth I, Thomas Wyatt and Seamus Heaney.
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Gretel le Maître likes to look for the beauty and curiosities in life, one day at a time. She shares with you snippets from books about history, art and literature and regularly takes you on adventures to new locations, to explore churches, cathedrals and architecture. We’ve reached over 80,000 downloads.
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Previous guests include historian Tom Holland; Sir Richard Eyre; Actors Guy Henry and Enzo Cilenti; Art historian Philip Mould; Writer David Willem; Author Nicola Cornick; Composer Matthew Coleridge; Vicar Angela T...