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A Lucky Woman

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The story of a love affair with Lynn Farleigh as Alys Pearsall Smith and Edward Petherbridge as Bertrand Russell Narrator john rowe Adapted by BARBARA STRACHEY , Alys's great-niece, from her recent family history Remarkable Relations, with additional previously unpublished letters.
In 1889, Alys Pearsall Smith met and fell in love with Bertrand Russell. She was 22, he was 17. Their eventual marriage ended in divorce, but for Alys until her death in 1951 Bertie remained the one and only love of her life.
Movingly told, the storw of a liberated woman possessed by a fierv passion for an unvossessable young man. (SUNDAY TIMES) Producer ALAN IIAYDOCK
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Contributors

Unknown:
Lynn Farleigh
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Alys Pearsall Smith
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Edward Petherbridge
Narrator:
Bertrand Russell
Adapted By:
Barbara Strachey
Unknown:
Alys Pearsall
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Bertrand Russell.
Producer:
Alan Iiaydock
Source: Radio Times

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