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Serialised book readings, featuring works from various genres

Serialised book readings, featuring works of non-fiction, biography, autobiography, travel, diaries, essays, humour and history

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Book of the Week: Patrick Leigh Fermor: An Adventure

Book of the Week: Patrick Leigh Fermor: An Adventure: Episode 2

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Patrick Leigh Fermor: An Adventure

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BBC Radio 4 - Book of the Week, Patrick Leigh Fermor: An Adventure, Episode 2

On his epic quest across Europe, the aspiring writer enters the Ottoman East.

On his epic quest across Europe, aspiring writer Patrick Leigh Fermor enters the Ottoman East. Travel biography by Artemis Cooper. Read by Samuel West. From November 2012.

Artemis Cooper's biography charts for the first time the extraordinary life story of the celebrated travel writer and war hero who was as renowned for his feats of derring-do as for his sumptuous prose. 

The aspiring writer, on his epic quest across Europe, enters the Ottoman East. 

Read by Samuel West
Abridged by Miranda Davies
Produced by Gemma Jenkins.

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Biography by Artemis Cooper charting the life of the celebrated travel writer and war hero

Biography by Artemis Cooper charting the extraordinary life story of the celebrated travel writer and war hero. Read by Samuel West

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