A fortnightly biography of an intriguing individual from British history.
Each episode in the podcast is a biography selected from the Oxford DNB - the authoritative collection of more than 56,000 lives of men and women from around the world who have shaped Britain's history.
You can download more free biographies from the web site at www.oxforddnb.com
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