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Book of the Week: Europe in the Looking Glass

Book of the Week: Europe in the Looking Glass: Episode 4

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The men discover the issues facing Greece between the wars.

The men discover the issues facing Greece between the wars. 1926 car travelogue read by Rupert Penry-Jones. From February 2012.

In part four, the men discover the issues facing Greece between the wars. 

Europe in the Looking Glass is Robert Byron's travel classic, recounting a car journey across Europe in 1926, and providing a mirror on events and nationhood both then and today. Byron (a descendant of the poet) found acclaim as the author of The Road to Oxiana - an account of a trip to Afghanistan and Persia.


The conclusion offers the travellers (and all of us) a new perspective on their homeland as well as the countries and cultures they explore together.

Read by Rupert Penry-Jones.


Producer: David Roper
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Robert Byron's travel classic recounts a car journey across Europe in 1926

Robert Byron's travel classic recounts a car journey across Europe in 1926, providing a mirror on events and nationhood both then and today.

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