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Medieval manuscripts and the First World War
Medieval manuscripts and the First World War
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Length:
65 minutes
Released:
Jun 8, 2017
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Podcast episode
Description
Christopher de Hamel discusses his recent book Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts, which has just won the Wolfson History Prize. Meanwhile, we speak to Jonathan Ruffle, creator of the BBC Radio 4 drama series Tommies, about some of the fascinating wartime incidents that he has researched for the programme For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Released:
Jun 8, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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