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Albert Campion - Traitor's Purse

Albert Campion - Traitor's Purse: Episode 1

Drama: Crime

Episode 1

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Albert Campion - Traitor's Purse, Episode 1

Did amateur sleuth Albert Campion attack a police officer? Roger Allam reads.

Suffering amnesia, did amateur sleuth Albert Campion attack a police officer? Roger Allam reads Margery Allingham's mystery.

Celebrated amateur detective Albert Campion wakes in hospital accused of attacking a police officer, and suffering from acute amnesia. All he can remember is that he was on a mission of vital importance to His Majesty's government before his accident... 

Roger Allam begins reading the first of Margery Allingham's ten-part classic detective story from 1941.

Abridged and produced by Jane Greenwood.

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Loftus Audio and first broadcast in 2011.

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Detective Albert Campion wakes in hospital with amnesia, accused of attacking a policeman.

Celebrated detective Albert Campion wakes up in hospital with amnesia, accused of attacking a policeman. Read by Roger Allam.

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