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Knights of the Legion of Honour

The National Order of the Legion of Honour (French: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur [ɔʁdʁ nɑsjɔnal də la leʒjɔ̃ dɔnœʁ]), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre royal de la Légion d'honneur), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon Bonaparte, it has been retained (with occasional slight alterations) by all later French governments and regimes.

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Edith Wharton

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Wharton's novels, which explore the world of the privileged in America's Gilded Age, in which she lived, written in hindsight and with little mercy.

4 October 2018

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Featuring: Hermione Lee, Bridget Bennett, Laura Rattray

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Lawrence of Arabia

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Lawrence of Arabia, the legend and its context, an idea drawn from over 1200 suggested by listeners this autumn

5 December 2019

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Featuring: Hussein Omar, Catriona Pennell, Neil Faulkner

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History Translators of Homer Guerrilla warfare theorists Knights of the Legion of Honour Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford British Army personnel of World War I French–English translators British people of Irish descent 20th-century translators 12th century 20th century War
Tocqueville: Democracy in America

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Alexis de Tocqueville and his study of the American democratic system, written as an example to France of how democracy might develop there.

22 March 2018

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Featuring: Robert Gildea, Susan-Mary Grant, Jeremy Jennings

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