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Book at Bedtime: Burning Bright: Episode 8

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Maggie and Jem join forces to warn Mr Blake that he is to be targeted as a revolutionary.

Maggie and Jem join forces to warn poet William Blake that he is to be targeted as a revolutionary.  Read by Jenny Coverack.

Tracy Chevalier's novel, abridged in 10 parts by Jane Greenwood, is set in London in 1792.

8/10. When Lambeth holds a public meeting to demonstrate loyalty to King and Country, Maggie and Jem join forces to warn Mr Blake that he is to be targeted as a revolutionary.

Read by Jenny Coverack.

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Tracy Chevalier's novel, abridged by Jane Greenwood, is set in London in 1792

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