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Byron's Gondolier
Tuesday 9 October 2007 9:30-9:45 (Radio 4 FM)
James Maw presents a series on life-changing inheritances.
When Claudia inherited a ring she had no knowledge of its origins. She discovered that it belonged to a distant ancestor who was a formerly a gondolier and later Lord Byron's manservant. Her curiosity took her on a journey to Venice and back to the home of Benjamin Disraeli.