The Leopard by GIUSEPPE DI LAMPEDUSA : translated by ARCHIBALD COLQUHOUN abridged in five parts by DENYS HAWTHORNE
Read by Nigel Graham
A graphic portrait of a 19th-century Sicilian aristocrat and his family, faced with the gradual but irresistible forces of change which were to culminate in the new unified Italy and forever alter their traditional way of life.
Introduction to the Prince - May 1860
Producer JOHN SCOTNEY