HISTORY
The Public Advertiser: Monday May 13, 1765
Wednesday 18 January 2006 11:00-11:30 (Radio 4 FM)
Peter Snow returns with a series that brings alive stories found in individual newspapers from history.
Child star Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart nears the end of a 14-month stay in London - so what did we make of him? What did he compose while he was here? The mighty little racehorse Gimcrack still a legendary name - risks a long unbeaten record at Newmarket. Has he nibbled off more than he can chew? And does the newspaper hold a clue to the origins of the French Revolution as it reports life in the Bastille prison?
