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July 1964: The lives of Winston Churchill and Esther, a library clerk, become intertwined.

4 Extra Debut. July 1964: The lives of Winston Churchill and Esther, a library clerk, become bizarrely intertwined. Read by Miriam Margolyes.

Written by Rebecca Hunt.

Set across five days in July 1964 we follow the bizarrely intertwined lives of Sir Winston Churchill, Esther Hammerhans and the unwelcome visitor they both share. 

July 1964, and the day looms when Winston Churchill must leave Parliament. Meanwhile Esther, a library clerk, has her own black date in the diary. She also has an unusual visitor.

The reader is Miriam Margolyes.


Abridged and produced by Jill Waters
A Waters Company Production for BBC Radio 4.

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Miriam Margolyes reads from the novel by Rebecca Hunt

Set across five days in July 1964, we follow the intertwined lives of Sir Winston Churchill, Esther Hammerhans and the unwelcome visitor they share

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