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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: David Kynaston - Family Britain

Book of the Week: David Kynaston - Family Britain: Episode 5: A Pretty Mess

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David Kynaston - Family Britain

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Episode 5: A Pretty Mess

A Pretty Mess

BBC Radio 4 - Book of the Week, David Kynaston - Family Britain, A Pretty Mess

An increasingly affluent and confident Britain is rocked by the Suez crisis.

An increasingly affluent and confident Britain is rocked by the Suez crisis. Vivid 1950s history concluded by Dominic West.

Dominic West reads from David Kynaston's vivid and intimate history of Britain in the 1950s, drawing on the letters, diaries and memories of well-known and ordinary people.

An increasingly affluent and confident Britain is rocked by the Suez crisis.

Abridged by Jane Greenwood.

A Loftus Audio production for BBC Radio 4.

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Dominic West reads from David Kynaston's vivid and intimate story of Britain in the 1950s

Dominic West reads from David Kynaston's vivid and intimate story of Britain in the 1950s, drawing on the letters, diaries and memories of well-known and ordinary people

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