Sofka Zinovieff's novel about an Englishwoman's quest to find out the origins of the bitter feud that has split her dead husband's family is set in contemporary Athens, but takes us back to the tragic events of the Greek Civil War in the 1940s. Maud's mother-in-law Antigone has told her about her experiences with the Greek Communist partisans after the war and the charge of treason that led to her long exile in Russia. meanwhile, Maud's children have become caught up in the violence that it sweeping Athens as protests against the government mount.
Abridged by Sarah LeFanu

Readers: Lucy Briers and Ann Beach
Producer: Sara Davies. Show less