by Stendahl translated and adapted for radio in six parts by Barbara Bray
with Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Michael Williams, Noel Johnson

Stendhal, who was born in Grenoble in 1783 and died in Paris in 1842, spent a great deal of his life in Italy with Napoleon's armies, and later became the French Consul. These events vividly coloured his writing and The Charterhouse is therefore a highly romantic story packed with action, intrigue and romance.