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W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy

W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy: Episode 5: Giulia Lazzari

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Ashenden, Gentleman Spy

Episode 5

Episode 5: Giulia Lazzari

Giulia Lazzari

BBC Radio 4 Extra - W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy, Giulia Lazzari

Determined to entrap a renowned traitor, the agent co-opts a dancer.

Determined to entrap a renowned traitor, the agent co-opts a dancer. Alex Jennings reads Somerset Maugham's thriller.

Agent Ashenden's summoned to a Paris hotel and tasked with ensnaring a known agitator - Indian lawyer, Chandra Lal who's caused much trouble for the British war effort. 

When a large reward was offered for his arrest, Chandra fled to Berlin and where he fell in love with an Italian dancer, Giulia Lazzari. But Intelligence Head R has intercepted their love letters sparking a plan to trap him. 

A series of short stories based on William Somerset Maugham's own First World War experiences 

Read by Alex Jennings 

Abridged by Neville Teller 

Producer: Eoin O'Callaghan 

Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2007.

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Adventures based on Somerset Maugham's experiences during the First World War

Series of espionage adventures based on characters and situations encountered by Somerset Maugham during the First World War

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