Episode 4
As Edward's expedition inches closer to the Pole, Julia reads the letters he wrote to his wife and imagines her great-aunt waiting for her hero to return.
Emma Fielding reads from Amy Sackville's debut novel about true courage and enduring love, in which the lives of two couples, living a hundred years apart, collide unexpectedly one summer's day.
As Edward's expedition inches closer to the Pole, Julia reads the letters he wrote to his wife and imagines her great-aunt waiting for her hero to return. Meanwhile, Simon is troubled by events in the present.
Abridged by Sally Marmion
Produced by Justine Willett.
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- Thu 28 Jan 201022:45BBC Radio 4
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