{"product_id":"book-g6nz","title":"Rogue Herries","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BBC Radio adaptation of Hugh Walpole's historical novel, set in the Lake District during the 18th Century\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1730. Driven by a wild romantic impulse, Francis Herries uproots his family from Doncaster to the lakeland valley of Borrowdale. Accompanied by his housekeeper\/mistress, Alice, they settle in his tumbledown ancestral home, Herries, in the shadow of the Cumberland fells.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProud, stubborn and temperamental, Francis cuts himself off from his brother, spurns his long-suffering wife and becomes embroiled in drink and debauchery. When he sells Alice at Keswick Fair, his reputation is ruined, and the locals dub him 'Rogue' Herries. His fate is sealed when he falls for the flame-haired Mirabelle Starr. They are both vagabonds, both outcasts - but she is thirty years his junior, and does not love him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Francis struggles with his feelings for Mirabelle, his son David and daughter Deborah have battles of their own to fight. Meanwhile, the Jacobite rising has begun, and Bonnie Prince Charlie's rebel army is at the gates of Carlisle...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescribed by John Buchan as 'the greatest English novel since \u003ci\u003eJude the Obscure\u003c\/i\u003e', \u003ci\u003eRogue Herries\u003c\/i\u003e is a sweeping family saga full of romance and drama. This powerful adaptation stars \u003cb\u003eGavin Muir\u003c\/b\u003e as Francis,\u003cb\u003e Mark Bonnar\u003c\/b\u003e as David, \u003cb\u003eJane Slavin\u003c\/b\u003e as Alice, \u003cb\u003eDeborah Berlin\u003c\/b\u003e as Mirabelle and \u003cb\u003eJane\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eWhittenshaw\u003c\/b\u003e as Deborah, with a full cast including \u003cb\u003eStephen Thorne, Hugh Dickson\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eGerard McDermott\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by Hugh Walpole\u003cbr\u003eDramatised by Eric Pringle\u003cbr\u003eTechnical presentation by Rosamund Mason, Colin Guthrie and Andy Garrett\u003cbr\u003eDirected by David Blount\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003eCast\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrancis - Gavin Muir\u003cbr\u003eDavid - Mark Bonnar\u003cbr\u003eMargaret - Janet Maw\u003cbr\u003eDeborah - Jane Whittenshaw\u003cbr\u003eAlice Press - Jane Slavin\u003cbr\u003ePomfret\/Greenship - Stephen Thorne\u003cbr\u003eJannice - Shirley Dixon\u003cbr\u003eRoche\/Harcourt\/Whitfield - Hugh Dickson\u003cbr\u003eStatesman Peel\/George Endicott\/Harness - Gerard McDermott\u003cbr\u003ePedlar\/Adam Beatty - Ioan Meredith\u003cbr\u003eBenjamin\/Anthony Thorne - Chris Pavlo\u003cbr\u003eYoung Deborah - Katie Clarke\u003cbr\u003eYoung David - George Maguire\u003cbr\u003eRazeley - Joseph Head\/Robert Harper\u003cbr\u003ePrince - Robert Harper\u003cbr\u003eMirabelle - Deborah Berlin\u003cbr\u003eCumberlege - Gordon Reid\u003cbr\u003eMrs Cumberledge - Carolyn Jones\u003cbr\u003eHetty - Alison Pettitt\u003cbr\u003eSunwood\/Bann\/Reverend - Christopher Scott\u003cbr\u003eDenburn - Keith Drinkel\u003cbr\u003eSarah - Becky Hindley\u003cbr\u003eMrs Henny - Linda Polan\u003cbr\u003eOthers parts played by Alex Lowe and members of the company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 20 April-11 May 1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e© 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd\u003cbr\u003e(p) 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin UK","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49361262969136,"sku":"BDg6nz","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/100759-g6nz-Square.jpg?v=1734497321","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-g6nz","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}