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Radio 4,06 Dec 1998,45 mins

John Keegan

Desert Island Discs

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Sue Lawley's castaway this morning is the military historian John Keegan. As a boy, he would listen to his father's tales of war on the Western Front. Disabled because of a childhood illness, he was unable to become a soldier himself, and so chose to document their history instead. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: An die Musik by Franz Schubert Book: The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan Luxury: French-speaking man robot

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    From Foreign Lands and People from Kinderszenen, Op. 15
    From Foreign Lands and People from Kinderszenen, Op. 15
    Robert Schumann
  3. 2.
    March (from Scipio)
    March (from Scipio)
    George Frideric Handel
  4. 3.
    An die Musik (To Music), D547
    An die Musik (To Music), D547
    Franz Schubert