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Prisoners of Albion

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

New series 1/3. Paul Verlaine : Flashing Blades in Camden Town. French-born Muriel Zagha presents three portraits of 18th- and 19th-century Britain by the literary Frenchmen who were exiled here:
Verlaine, Voltaire and Hugo - brought to life through the eyes of people inspired by their experiences.
Actor and writer Simon Callow visits the house in Camden where Paul Verlaine and his 16-year-old lover Arthur Rimbaud lodged together, wrestling naked with knives by day and quaffing absinthe and tasting the decadent I ife by night. Producer Sara Jane Hall

Contributors

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Paul Verlaine
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Muriel Zagha
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Simon Callow
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Paul Verlaine
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Arthur Rimbaud
Producer:
Sara Jane Hall
Source: Radio Times

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