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Sir Lionel Sackville-West (1827 - 1908)
The 1997 UK general election, viewed from across the Atlantic, and the story of Sir Lionel Sackville-West, the man whose fatuity lost the Democrats the 1888 presidency.
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Fri 16 May 1997
21:00
±«Óãtv Radio 4
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