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Phil the Shelf

Series 26

Episode 1: In search of Jane Austen at the Hay Festival

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio Wales MWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Wales FM

Author Phil Rickman is in search of the real Jane Austen 200 years after her death with the help of biographer Paula Byrne and historian Lucy Worsley.
And is American novelist Richard Russo a modern-day Jane Austen with his new novel 'Everybody's Fool' set in the town of North Bath?
Recorded at the 2017 Hay Festival. Show less

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