Giulia Lazzari
Determined to entrap a renowned traitor, the agent co-opts a dancer. Alex Jennings reads Somerset Maugham's thriller.
Agent Ashenden's summoned to a Paris hotel and tasked with ensnaring a known agitator - Indian lawyer, Chandra Lal who's caused much trouble for the British war effort.
When a large reward was offered for his arrest, Chandra fled to Berlin and where he fell in love with an Italian dancer, Giulia Lazzari. But Intelligence Head R has intercepted their love letters sparking a plan to trap him.
A series of short stories based on William Somerset Maugham's own First World War experiences
Read by Alex Jennings
Abridged by Neville Teller
Producer: Eoin O'Callaghan
Made for ±«Óãtv Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2007.
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