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"Old age has a way of forcing a person back on themselves". At the end of a long life, Beatrix Potter has become a successful north country landowner and significant benefactor to the National Trust. Linda Lear’s biography of the 20th century's most-beloved children's writer. Abridged by Alison Joseph Concluded by Lindsay Duncan. Producer: Kirsteen Cameron First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2006.
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