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Reading the Decades

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In the 1950s, a cultural backdrop of austerity and teenage rebellion created an appetite for the themes of adventure and romance prevalent in such books as Ian Fleming's James Bond series, Doctor Zhivago and The Cruel Sea. Narrated by Stephen Fry.

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