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Episode 4

Lizzie has a new baby brother, confronts a loss and her husband’s past unsettles her. Read by Hattie Morahan and Carl Prekopp.

Lizzie has a new baby brother, but must confront a terrible loss.

She is also unsettled by her husband's past, and the story of his husband's first wife - a French woman called Lucie.

Based in Bristol in 1792, Helen Dunmore's novel is set against a backdrop of the French Revolution.

It touches on Radical idealism, property speculation, political turmoil and private tragedy...

Read by Hattie Morahan and Carl Prekopp

Abridged by Sara Davies.

Producer: Julian Wilkinson

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in March 2017.

15 minutes

Last on

Fri 23 Jul 2021 02:00

Credits

Role Contributor
Reader Hattie Morahan
Reader Carl Prekopp
Author Helen Dunmore
Abridger Sara Davies
Producer Julian Wilkinson

Broadcasts

  • Thu 9 Mar 2017 22:45
  • Thu 22 Jul 2021 14:00
  • Fri 23 Jul 2021 02:00