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Episode 5

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Last broadcast on Sat, 5 Sep 2009, 00:30 on BBC Radio 4 (see all broadcasts).

Synopsis

Crawford Logan reads from Thomas Levenson's biography of Isaac Newton and his rivalry with one of 17th-century London's most accomplished and daring criminals, William Chaloner.

Chaloner faces trial at the Old Bailey and the threat of the gallows at Tyburn.

Broadcasts

  1. Fri 4 Sep 2009
    09:45
  2. Sat 5 Sep 2009
    00:30

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15 minutes

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