Episode 3
The horses in France seem uncontrollable; even more so when Smollet decides to demonstrate his blunderbuss.
Roger Allam reads from the 1766 travel memoir by Tobias Smollett. He and his wife set off on a long journey, determined to see France and Italy, but was rarely happy with what he found there.
The horses in France seem uncontrollable; even more so when Smollet decides to demonstrate his blunderbuss.
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- Wed 19 Aug 200922:45BBC Radio 4
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