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The New Elizabethans: Graham Greene

Graham Greene

13/06/2012

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The New Elizabethans, Graham Greene

James Naughtie on the novelist who was a master of moral guilt and cold war intrigue.

Graham Green was among the foremost novelists of the age, a master chronicler of moral guilt and cold war intrigue, with novels such as The Quiet American and Brighton Rock.

The New Elizabethans: Graham Greene. To mark the Diamond Jubilee, James Naughtie examines the lives and impact of the men and women who have given the second Elizabethan age its character. 

Graham Greene was among the foremost novelists of the Second Elizabethan age. He was a master of moral guilt and cold war intrigue with novels such as The Quiet American, Brighton Rock and The End of the Affair. 

The New Elizabethans have been chosen by a panel of leading historians, chaired by Lord (Tony) Hall, Chief Executive of London's Royal Opera House. The panellists were Dominic Sandbrook, Bamber Gascoigne, Sally Alexander, Jonathan Agar, Maria Misra and Sir Max Hastings. 

They were asked to choose: "Men and women whose actions during the reign of Elizabeth II have had a significant impact on lives in these islands and/or given the age its character, for better or worse."

Producer: James Cook.

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