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The war is over but is that an end to all of Priscilla’s dramas and privations? Read by her author nephew, Nicholas Shakespeare.

Nicholas Shakespeare writes about his aunt, a glamorous English woman whose life in Paris during the German Occupation grew more and more mysterious. Abridged in 5 episodes by Katrin Williams.

5. D-Day and the whole of Paris is jumping, dancing, clasped in embrace. But Priscilla the eternal party girl is in a very quiet place, with a dubious past hot on her heels.

Reader Nicholas Shakespeare

Producer Duncan Minshull

15 minutes

Last on

Sat 1 Dec 2018 02:45

Credits

Role Contributor
Reader Nicholas Shakespeare
Producer Duncan Minshull
Abridger Katrin Williams
Author Nicholas Shakespeare

Broadcasts

  • Fri 17 Jan 2014 09:45
  • Sat 18 Jan 2014 00:30
  • Fri 30 Nov 2018 14:45
  • Sat 1 Dec 2018 02:45

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