Episode 3
1926: Problems for the men at Italian customs, before trying to join the Fascist Party. Read by Rupert Penry-Jones. From February 2012.
The men encounter problems at the Italian customs post before trying to become members of the Fascist Party.
Europe in the Looking Glass is Robert Byron's travel classic, recounting a car journey across Europe in 1926, and providing a mirror on events and nationhood both then and today. Byron (a descendant of the poet) found acclaim as the author of The Road to Oxiana - an account of a trip to Afghanistan and Persia.
The conclusion offers the travellers (and all of us) a new perspective on their homeland as well as the countries and cultures they explore together.
Read by Rupert Penry-Jones.
Producer: David Roper
A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
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