Episode 1: Beheading
Anton Lesser reads the eagerly-awaited finale to Hilary Mantel's Booker-winning Thomas Cromwell series. Today: the aftermath of the beheading of Anne Boleyn.
Anton Lesser reads the eagerly-awaited finale to Hilary Mantel's Booker-winning Thomas Cromwell series. Today: the beheading of Anne Boleyn raises difficult questions as to who will succeed Henry VIII.
Writer: Hilary Mantel is one of the UK's most distinguished writers. Her two previous Thomas Cromwell novels, Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies, both won the Booker Prize.
Reader: Anton Lesser
Abridger: Katrin Williams
Producer: Justine Willett
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- Mon 16 Mar 2020 12:04大象传媒 Radio 4
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