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Radio 4,04 Aug 2009,30 mins

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Great Lives

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Matthew Parris presents the biographical series in which his guests choose someone who has inspired their lives. Andrew Motion champions the life of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate for over 40 years and creator of In Memoriam and The Charge of the Light Brigade. Ann Thwaite provides further details of Tennyson's often-troubled life.

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