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Book at Bedtime: Plague Child

Book at Bedtime: Plague Child: Episode 1

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Plague Child

Episode 1

BBC Radio 4 - Book at Bedtime, Plague Child, Episode 1

It is a rainy night in 1625, Tom Neave's life nearly ends as soon as it has begun.

Written by Peter Ransley. Abridged by Eileen Horne.

It is 1625 - on a rainy night in Oxfordshire, Tom Neave's life nearly ends as soon as it has begun, when Lord Stonehouse orders that the newborn must be cast into the plague pit - but the future holds much more in store for the red-haired, hot tempered boy who relates the story of his early years, from a childhood at the docks in Poplar into an apprenticeship at a City printers, which will take him into the the heart of politics at a turning point in British history.

Read by Jamie Glover

Producer: Clive Brill
A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4.

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Peter Ransley's gripping tale set against the turbulent backdrop of the English Civil War

Peter Ransley's tale of discovery and identity set against the intense political upheaval of the 17th century. Read by Jamie Glover

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