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A Blunt Instrument
Summary : Michael Rosen tells the story of Wilfred Scawen Blunt, atheist, libertine, adventurer and poet.
Details : Michael Rosen tells the story of Wilfred Scawen Blunt, atheist, libertine, adventurer and poet.Michael Rosen tells the story of Wilfred Scawen Blunt, atheist, libertine, adventurer and poet. Blunt seduced his way across Europe before marrying Byron's granddaughter, to whom he was systematically and publicly unfaithful. He was nonetheless an authoritative diplomat, one of the first in Britain to make a real attempt to understand Islam. A fierce anti-imperialist, he was the first British-born person to be imprisoned in the cause of Irish independence. Followed by News.

Starts 2008-03-11 11:30:00, Ends 2008-03-11 12:00:00 and is on for 30 minutes and on BBC Radio 4

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