23 Neil Jordan and the Runaway Slave
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Oscar-winning filmmaker Neil Jordan runs parallel careers as a director and novelist, and his latest book is his most cinematic.
The Ballad of Lord Edward and Citizen Small tells of the true-life friendship between aristocrat turned revolutionary Lord Edward Fitzgerald and the runaway American slave who saved him.
Published by Lilliput. More here:
https://www.lilliputpress.ie/product/the-ballad-of-lord-edward-and-citizen-small
Presented+produced by Martina Devlin
Music Daragh Dukes
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