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Kaleidoscope: The World of Henty

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

'The story of the azure main, of England's greatness, and the whole stirring many-coloured panorama of ancient days and battles, fought on the other side of uncounted sunsets.'
G.A. Henty, the greatest English writer of boys' adventure stories, was born 150 years ago this month. With Clive in India, By Sheer Pluck, Held Fast for England, these titles encapsulate the spirit of the 82 tales of derring-do penned by this former war correspondent for a generation of young Empire builders.
Jeffrey Richards revisits Henty's world in the company of A.J.P. Taylor, Tom Jackson, Roy Henty, Peter Newbolt and Denis Butts

(William Squire is in "Camelot" at the Apollo Victoria Theatre, London)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jeffrey Richards
Unknown:
A.J.P. Taylor
Unknown:
Tom Jackson
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Roy Henty
Unknown:
Peter Newbolt
Reader:
William Nighy
Reader:
William Squire
Producer:
Brian Barfield
Source: Radio Times

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