3. The Lakes

Beatrix Potter's initial success as a writer is paralleled by an increasingly close relationship with her publisher Norman Warne.

Beatrix spends time in the Lake District where she feels at home and creates new characters, such as Tom Kitten.

Linda Lear’s biography of the 20th century's most-beloved children's writer.

Abridged by Alison Joseph

Read by Lindsay Duncan.

Producer: Kirsteen Cameron

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2006.