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A Cornish house, with a fragrant lawn stretching down to the cliffs, is the link between five cousins. Read by Sian Phillips.

August 1939 – the last summer of peace before the Second World War.

Oliver, Calypso, Polly and Walter are on a holiday visit to their Aunt Helena and Uncle Richard Cuthbertson, and their 10-year-old cousin Sophy.

The house - with a fragrant lawn stretching down to the Cornish cliffs - is the link between the five cousins which neither the war nor adulthood can break.

Mary Wesley novel, first published in 1984.

Omnibus of the first five of ten parts abridged by Elizabeth Bradbury.

Read by Sian Phillips.

Producer: Tracey Neale

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1989.

1 hour, 10 minutes

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Mon 16 Oct 202300:30
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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