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' A Very Extraordinary Man'

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Napoleon III (1808-1873) He trusted in his star, and had a sort of abstract worship of the people, but very little taste for liberty
A radio portrait compiled from contemporary and other sources and written by JOANNA RICHARDSON
John Wood as Napoleon III
Madi Hedd as Queen Victoria Gary Watson as Narrator
A hundred years ago this month Napoleon III of France surrendered to the Prussians at Sedan, and the fall of the Bonaparte dynasty and the Second Empire was decreed. With PATRICIA GALLIMORE
CONSTANCE CHAPMAN , GARARD GREEN JAMES THOMASON , ROSeRT SWANN Produced .by RAY MILES
(Constance' Chapman is in ' The Contractor ' at the Fortune Theatre, London)

Contributors

Written By:
Joanna Richardson
Written By:
John Wood
Unknown:
Napoleon Iii
Unknown:
Madi Hedd
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Queen Victoria Gary Watson
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Napoleon Iii
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Patricia Gallimore
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Constance Chapman
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Garard Green
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James Thomason
Source: Radio Times

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