To the Ends of the Earth: Lost Worlds, New Worlds
Extraordinary tales from the golden age of adventure. Alex Clark explores the imagined worlds of Rider Haggard, Jules Verne, Conan Doyle and their adventure-writing contemporaries.
Extraordinary tales from the golden age of adventure. To accompany new dramatisations of King Solomon's Mines and Journey to the Centre of the Earth, literary critic Alex Clark explores the imagined worlds of writers such as Henry Rider Haggard, Jules Verne and Arthur Conan Doyle. She talks to adventure novel enthusiasts Fay Weldon and Tom Holland about the scientific and cultural legacy of these novels, and asks whether they are more than ripping yarns of derring-do.
Produced by Emma Harding.
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What is the 'Lost World' genre?
Duration: 01:36
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- Sat 18 Mar 2017 10:30±«Óãtv Radio 4
- Wed 3 Jan 2018 23:30±«Óãtv Radio 4 FM
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To the Ends of the Earth
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