The invitation was for Professor CS Lewis to have lunch at the Eastgate Hotel and since the hotel was virtually opposite Magdalen College, it would have been awkward to refuse.
In the story about author CS Lewis's love affair with poet Joy Davidman, adultery enters the picture.
Continuing the story about author CS Lewis' love affair with poet Joy Davidman, read by the late Ian Richardson.
Joy suffers from cancer but makes a remarkable recovery. The late Ian Richardson reads the story about author CS Lewis's love affair with poet Joy Davidman.
In April 1960, Lewis and Davidman visit Greece. Joy's cancer has returned and she is in great pain and doctors warn her that to travel so far would be taking a 'big chance'.
Joy's recovery proved to be nothing more than a reprieve and the end was inevitable.
Shadowlands
Episode 1: Letters
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 2Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 2
The story of author CS Lewis' affair with poet Joy Gresham, read by the late Ian Richardson.
The concluding part of the story about author CS Lewis' love affair with poet Joy Davidman, read by the late Ian Richardson. 8/8. Peace: Lewis comes to terms with Joy's death.