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Radio 4,14 Jul 1979,40 mins

C Northcote Parkinson

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Roy Plomley's castaway is historian C Northcote Parkinson. Favourite track: The Old Hundredth by Coronation of HM Queen Elizabeth II Book: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon Luxury: Radio receiver

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