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On Napoleon

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Rosamund Bartlett, translator of Russian novels and biographer of Tolstoy, investigates the truth and the fiction of War and Peace, one of the most famous novels of all time

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British Romanticism and Napoleon

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    Georgia Mann and neurosurgeon Henry Marsh explore the puzzle of Beethoven’s poor health.

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  • The field recordings Attenborough of music performances around the world.

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