 Birdcage Walk

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Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore: Episode 9

Birdcage Walk

Episode 9

Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore

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Diner must escape his creditors, and he forces Lizzie to go with him.

Diner is forced to escape his creditors, and is determined Lizzie will go with him. Read by Hattie Morahan and Carl Prekopp.

Lizzie is reunited with Thomas, but sees the scale of her husband's failure as his office is bare and his creditors come to the house shouting for their money. 

Diner is forced to leave and he is determined that Lizzie will go with him. 

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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