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The Noble Savage: 3: The Disease of the Heart

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Six programmes on the impact of white civilisation on native cultures.
The Conquest of Central America. Written by Michael Foss
And the envoy asked Montezuma for gold to give the Captain of the Spaniards, for Cortez had demanded it saying, 'Send me some of it, because I and my companions suffer from a disease of the heart which can be cured only with gold.'
With the voices of Nigel Graham, Stephen Thorne, Michael Shannon, Denis McCarthy, Peter Williams, Alan Dudley, Malcolm Hayes, Peter Woodthorpe, Trader Faulkner
An extract from this programme in The Listener dated 14 August

Contributors

Writer:
Michael Foss
Voices:
Nigel Graham
Voices:
Stephen Thorne
Voices:
Michael Shannon
Voices:
Denis McCarthy
Voices:
Peter Williams
Voices:
Alan Dudley
Voices:
Malcolm Hayes
Voices:
Peter Woodthorpe
Voices:
Trader Faulkner
Producer:
Maurice Leitch
Source: Radio Times

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