When Christopher Newman, an American and self-made millionaire businessmen arrives in Paris he falls in love with Claire de Cintre.

A wife from an aristocratic French family is exactly what he's looking for.

But he's unaware of the dark mystery surrounding her family, and the misery and mayhem they have yet to cause.

Humour and heartache collide in this early Henry James novel, first published in 1876.

Starring Lee Ingleby, Olivia Hallinan and John Lynch.

Dramatised in two parts by Lavinia Murray.

Henry James ...... John Lynch
Christopher Newman ...... Lee Ingleby
Claire de Cintre ...... Olivia Hallinan
Madame de Bellgarde/Mrs Bread ...... Richenda Carey
Urbain Bellgarde/Msr Nioche ...... Jonathan Keeble
Valentin Bellgarde ...... Ashley Margolis
Noemie Nioche/Mrs Tristram ...... Alais Lawson
Mr Tristram/Deepmere ...... Ryan Early

Director: Pauline Harris

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2018. Show less