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Beatrix battles old age, illness and a threat of wool subsidies ending, in the midst of wartime. Concluded by Lindsay Duncan.

"Old age has a way of forcing a person back on themselves".

At the end of a long life, Beatrix Potter has become a successful north country landowner and significant benefactor to the National Trust.

Linda Lear鈥檚 biography of the 20th century's most-beloved children's writer.

Abridged by Alison Joseph

Concluded by Lindsay Duncan.

Producer: Kirsteen Cameron

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in December 2006.

15 minutes

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