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Radicals, property and love in 1790s Bristol. A chance encounter reveals more of Diner's past. Read by Hattie Morahan.

Diner questions where Lizzie has been on her nocturnal wanderings, and a chance encounter with a dressmaker on the streets of Bristol reveals a clue to John Diner's past.

Lizzie Fawkes decides to visit the dressmaker to find out more about Diner's first wife Lucie and the mysterious circumstances surrounding her death.

Based in Bristol in 1792, Helen Dunmore's novel is set against a backdrop of the French Revolution.

It touches on radical idealism, property speculation, political turmoil and private tragedy...

Omnibus of the last five of ten parts abridged by Sara Davies.

Read by Hattie Morahan and Carl Prekopp

Producer: Julian Wilkinson.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2017.

1 hour, 10 minutes

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Sun 1 Aug 202106:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  • Sun 19 Mar 201714:30
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  • Mon 20 Mar 201702:30
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  • Sun 1 Aug 202106:00
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