Episode 5
Derek Jacobi reads from Jackie Wullschlager's new biography of Marc Chagall.
Having made his name in France and Germany, Chagall returns to Russia for a holiday. A week later, WW1 breaks out and he is cut off from all that he has worked so hard to achieve.
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