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Desert Island Discs Revisited: Military

Desert Island Discs Revisited: Military: Episode 4: John Keegan

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Sue Lawley's castaway is military historian John Keegan

Sue Lawley's castaway is military historian John Keegan.

Sue Lawley's castaway this morning is the military historian John Keegan. As a boy, he would listen to his father's tales of war on the Western Front. Disabled because of a childhood illness, he was unable to become a soldier himself, and so chose to document their history instead.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] 

Favourite track: An die Musik by Franz Schubert
Book: The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan
Luxury: French-speaking man robot

John Keegan

Desert Island Discs Revisited

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Episode 4: John Keegan

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BBC Radio 4 Extra - Desert Island Discs Revisited, Military, John Keegan

From Elgar to Schubert, military historian John Keegan shares his castaway choices.

From Elgar to Schubert, military historian John Keegan shares his castaway choices with Sue Lawley. From December 1998.

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