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The men discover the issues facing Greece between the wars. 1926 car travelogue read by Rupert Penry-Jones. From February 2012.

In part four, the men discover the issues facing Greece between the wars.

Europe in the Looking Glass is Robert Byron's travel classic, recounting a car journey across Europe in 1926, and providing a mirror on events and nationhood both then and today. Byron (a descendant of the poet) found acclaim as the author of The Road to Oxiana - an account of a trip to Afghanistan and Persia.

The conclusion offers the travellers (and all of us) a new perspective on their homeland as well as the countries and cultures they explore together.

Read by Rupert Penry-Jones.

Producer: David Roper
A Heavy Entertainment production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.

15 minutes

Last on

Fri 9 Dec 2016 02:45

Broadcasts

  • Thu 16 Feb 2012 09:45
  • Fri 17 Feb 2012 00:30
  • Thu 8 Dec 2016 14:45
  • Fri 9 Dec 2016 02:45

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