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Book at Bedtime - Travels Through France and Italy - Episode 2

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Roger Allam reads from the 1766 travel memoir by Tobias Smollett. He and his wife set off on a long journey, determined to see France and Italy, but was rarely happy with what he found there. It seems impossible to find the right kind of coach in France, and Smollett is unimpressed with both Versailles and Paris fashion. A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4.