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Three Writers in Search of a Character

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

John Florance talks to writers about what they have discovered through the process of writing about someone. Wallis Simpson. I the last of the series, biographer Philip Ziegler , screenwriter Simon Raven and author
Caroline Blackwood talk about the significance of Wallis's poor
Baltimore upbringing; why Edward VIII was attracted to her; and whether or not she wanted him to abdicate.
Producer Rosie Boulton

Contributors

Talks:
John Florance
Unknown:
Wallis Simpson.
Unknown:
Philip Ziegler
Unknown:
Simon Raven
Unknown:
Caroline Blackwood
Unknown:
Edward Viii
Producer:
Rosie Boulton
Source: Radio Times

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