 Birdcage Walk

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Hattie Morahan

Carl Prekopp

Helen Dunmore

Sara Davies

Julian Wilkinson

Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore: Episode 8

Birdcage Walk

Episode 8

Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore

BBC Radio 4 - Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore, Episode 8

Fear over the beheading of the king of France spreads to England, and Diner faces ruin.

The French monarch has been beheaded and the housing market collapses in England. Read by Hattie Morahan and Carl Prekopp.

Fear over the beheading of the King of France spreads to England and the housing market collapses. 

Diner faces financial ruin and Lizzie must face a frightening truth about her marriage. 

Based in Bristol in 1792, Helen Dunmore's novel is set against a backdrop of the French Revolution.

Read by Hattie Morahan and Carl Prekopp

Abridged by Sara Davies.

Producer: Julian Wilkinson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2017

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Helen Dunmore's novel is set in Bristol in 1792 as revolution blazes in France.

Helen Dunmore's novel is set in Bristol in 1792 as revolution blazes in France. Abridged by Sara Davies. Read by Hattie Morahan and Carl Prekopp.

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