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Priscilla is ordered to the police station by a gendarme in wartime Paris. Read by her author nephew, Nicholas Shakespeare.

Nicholas Shakespeare writes about his aunt, a glamorous English woman whose life in Paris during the German Occupation grew more and more mysterious. Abridged in five episodes by Katrin Williams.

3. Priscilla has been living off her wits and off the favours of men she knows. But incriminating information seems to gather fast and one morning the police come calling.

Reader Nicholas Shakepeare

Producer Duncan Minshull

15 minutes

Last on

Thu 29 Nov 2018 02:45

Credits

Role Contributor
Reader Nicholas Shakespeare
Producer Duncan Minshull
Abridger Katrin Williams
Author Nicholas Shakespeare

Broadcasts

  • Wed 15 Jan 2014 09:45
  • Thu 16 Jan 2014 00:30
  • Wed 28 Nov 2018 14:45
  • Thu 29 Nov 2018 02:45

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