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Duncan Minshull

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Cambridge University and meeting Vivien. Robert Crawford's biography of poet TS Eliot.

Cambridge University and meeting Vivien. Robert Crawford's biography of poet TS Eliot. Read by Tom Mannion and David Acton.

In 1914 Tom leaves Harvard for Merton College, Cambridge, to further his studies, refine his poetry, and here he meets his future wife Vivienne.

A fresh biography of TS Eliot by Robert Crawford, abridged by Katrin Williams, published to mark 50 years since the poet's death.

Reader: Tom Mannion

Producer: Duncan Minshull

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2015.

Book of the Week: Young Eliot

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Robert Crawford's biography of a key 20th century poet, TS Eliot.

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