Episode 1
At the Trout Inn, three miles up the river Thames from Oxford, potboy Malcolm Polstead meets three men who are searching for a very special baby girl.
The Book of Dust, Part One: La Belle Sauvage
Twenty two years after the publication of Philip Pullman's NORTHERN LIGHTS, the author returns to the world of HIS DARK MATERIALS with a brand new trilogy.
LA BELLE SAUVAGE, read by Simon Russell Beale, is the first volume of THE BOOK OF DUST. Set ten years before the events of HIS DARK MATERIALS, this novel explores the origins of that story.
We open in Oxford, at The Trout Inn, with a pot boy named Malcolm Polstead, and the whisper of a mysterious baby girl, hidden at the local convent, in the care of the nuns...
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Reader | Simon Russell Beale |
| Author | Philip Pullman |
| Abridger | Doreen Estall |
| Producer | Allegra McIlroy |
Broadcast
- Mon 23 Oct 2017 22:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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