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Great Lives: Eliza Manningham-Buller chooses Abraham Lincoln

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Eliza Manningham-Buller chooses Abraham Lincoln

BBC Radio 4 - Great Lives, Eliza Manningham-Buller chooses Abraham Lincoln

Eliza Manningham-Buller on why she regards Abraham Lincoln as a great life.

Eliza Manningham-Buller, former Director of M15, chooses American President, Abraham Lincoln. With Matthew Parris. From 2016.

Former director of MI5, Eliza Manningham-Buller, tells Matthew Parris why she regards Abraham Lincoln as a great life. 

But will her hero stand up to intensive scrutiny and merit the description of having led a great life? The expert is Dr Tony Hutchison, from the American Studies Department at the University of Nottingham. 

The producer is Perminder Khatkar.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2016.

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