Episode 3
Pauline returns to Paris a widow. However, it is not long before she finds herself another suitable husband and journeys with him to Rome.
Diana Quick reads from Flora Fraser's biography of Pauline Bonaparte, Napoleon's favourite sister.
Pauline returns to Paris a widow. However, it is not long before she finds herself another suitable husband and journeys with him to Rome. It is here that she suffers an unbearable loss that will turn her life around.
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- Wed 17 Jun 2009 09:4591热爆 Radio 4 FM
- Thu 18 Jun 2009 00:3091热爆 Radio 4
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