Chronicle

The Chronicle - BOOK TWO (April to June) Are you ready for an unforgettable adventure into the past? Then climb aboard and join Oscar Wilde in America amused at the sight of local gun slingers looting the house where outlaw Jesse James had been killed a few days earlier. Meet John Betjeman as he implores the BBC to engage the impoverished Dylan Thomas while Jane Austen demands the return of her unpublished novel. Austen Chamberlain rages at Hitler for sending a wreath emblazoned with the Swastika to be placed at the foot of the Cenotaph. And did you know that the first F.A. Cup Final took place at the Oval in 1882? You'll also encounter Alan Bennett, H.Rider Haggard, Henry VIII and many more and we'll all join J. Bruce Ismay as he climbs aboard the last lifeboat to leave the Titanic. "It's WONDERFUL. In fact, I would describe it as one of the all-time audio greats... an unmissable five-star production." (The Guardian) "I recommend the reader to hunt down and buy this series wherever it may be found." (The Spectator) "The whole endeavour is a beguiling jigsaw." (Sunday Times) Dramatised and performed by a distinguished cast of over 30 actors, including Charles Dance, Harriet Walter, David Suchet, Timothy West, James Bolam, Maureen Lipman, Robert Powell, Jenny Agutter, Joss Ackland, Eleanor Bron, John Sessions, Imogen Stubbs. Also available as part of the CHRONICLE BOX SET, over 11 hours of audio bliss.

Voices from the Past with David Suchet as Lord Nelson writing to his beloved Emma on the eve of Trafalgar, hoping in God that he will live to finish his letter after the Battle, while Harriet Walter as Virginia Woolf hangs about the House of Commons mourning the passing of Edward VIII and the coming of King Albert I. Winston Churchill is captured and imprisoned by the Boers and Jane Austen sells 'Pride & Prejudice' for £110. Howard Carter discovers the tomb of Tutankhamen, and on Christmas Day, while Alan Clark is amused to find that Lord Byron once rhymed 'intellectual' with 'hen pecked you all'. And not forgetting dear Anthony Powell, who is having considerable trouble with his waterworks. "It's WONDERFUL. In fact, I would describe it as one of the all-time audio greats... an unmissable five-star production." (The Guardian) "I recommend the reader to hunt down and buy this series wherever it may be found." (The Spectator) Dramatised and performed by a distinguished cast of over 30 actors, including Charles Dance, Harriet Walter, David Suchet, Timothy West, James Bolam, Maureen Lipman, Robert Powell, Jenny Agutter, Joss Ackland, Eleanor Bron, John Sessions, Imogen Stubbs. Also available as part of the CHRONICLE BOX SET, over 11 hours of audio bliss.