The Tree of Liberty

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The Tree of Liberty: 1. Friends in High Places

Nigel Baldwin - The Tree of Liberty

1. Friends in High Places

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Tree of Liberty, 1. Friends in High Places

France 1791: A girl is murdered in Amiens. Is there a cover-up? Stars David Calder.

Amiens, France 1791: A girl is murdered while Robespierre is in town. Is there a cover-up? David Calder stars as Lt Gen Lacroix.

David Calder plays Lieutenant General Lacroix, trying to police France despite the turmoil of the Revolution.

A girl is murdered while Robespierre is in town. 

Could there be a cover-up going on?

Nigel Baldwin's four-part detective series - set in Amiens, 1791.

Lt Gen Lacroix ... David Calder
Monet ... Brian Hibbard
Charlotte .... Kathryn Pogson
Dupont .... Ian Rowlands
Roland .... Christian Rodska
Robespierre .... Brendan Charleson
Didier .... Steve Hodson
Mme Rives .... Bethan Jones
Surgeon .... Matthew Morgan
Mme Giradou ... Lesley Rooney
Duval ... Simon Ludders

Original music by Paula Gardiner.   

Director: Alison Hindell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1995.

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Lt Gen Lacroix battles to police Amiens during the French Revolution. Stars David Calder.

David Calder plays Lt Gen Lacroix battling to police Amiens during the French Revolution. Nigel Baldwin's detective series.

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