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An auspicious meeting in a country lane brings together two keen but lonely musicians.

When two keen but lonely musicians are joined by a visiting genealogist with a bassoon, the Famous Notwithstanding Wind Quartet is well on its way. Read by Hugh Bonneville.

Hugh Bonneville reads from Louis de Bernieres' new book of linked stories which cast an affectionate but acute eye on the vanishing charms and eccentric characters of the fictional Surrey village of Notwithstanding.

A chance meeting in a country lane brings together two keen but lonely musicians. When they are joined by a visiting genealogist with a bassoon, the Famous Notwithstanding Wind Quartet is well on its way to formation.

Abridged by Sara Davies.

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Louis de Bernieres's book of linked stories about a fictional Surrey village

Hugh Bonneville reads from Louis de Bernieres's new book of linked stories about the vanishing charms and eccentric characters of the fictional Surrey village of Notwithstanding

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