Episode 5
Julie Davidson's travels lead her to Mary Livingstone's final resting place - a crumbling grave on the banks of the Zambezi. From December 2012.
Read by Tamara Kennedy.
Writer Julie Davidson searches for traces of Mary Livingstone, the courageous and stoical wife of renowned explorer and missionary, David Livingstone.
The author's travels through Southern Africa come to an end, when she reaches Mary Livingstone's final resting place: a crumbling grave on the banks of the Zambezi River, in a remote part of Mozambique.
Abridged by Laurence Wareing.
Produced by Kirsteen Cameron.
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