Warhorses of Letters

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Napoleon and Wellington's horses exchange love letters during the Napoleonic wars.

Napoleon and Wellington's horses exchange love letters against the backdrop of the Napoleonic wars. Comedy starring Stephen Fry, Daniel Rigby and Tamsin Greig.

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Uncertainty and conflict mars the relationship between Napoleon and Wellington's horses.

Uncertainty and conflict mars the relationship between Napoleon and Wellington's horses. Stars Stephen Fry. From November 2011.

More passionate letters from Copenhagen, the Duke of Wellington's horse, to his hero Marengo in this epistolary equine love story.

A story of two horses united by an uncommon passion, cruelly divided by a brutal conflict.

Copenhagen becomes a warhorse, and Marengo sets out into the vast Russian Steppe as he carries Napoleon at the head of his vast army towards Moscow. 

As uncertainty and conflict beset our heroes, it puts strains on their new relationship, especially when Copenhagen begins to explore his physical side with really quite a lot of other horses.

Things begin to go less well for the French army and its horses as winter sets in.

Marengo ..... Stephen Fry
Copenhagen ..... Daniel Rigby
Narrator ..... Tamsin Greig

Written by Robbie Hudson and Marie Phillips.

Director: Steven Canny
Producer: Gareth Edwards.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2011.

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Napoleon and Wellington's horses exchange love letters during the Napoleonic wars

Napoleon and Wellington's horses exchange love letters against the backdrop of the Napoleonic wars. Starring Stephen Fry and Daniel Rigby

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