{"product_id":"book-gho4","title":"The Last of the Mohicans \u0026 The Spy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBBC Radio drama adaptations of two action-packed adventures by James Fenimore Cooper\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA founding father of American literature, James Fenimore Cooper was one of America's first professional novelists, and a pioneer of both the Western and the historical romance. Included here are his 1826 masterpiece \u003ci\u003eThe Last of the Mohicans \u003c\/i\u003eand his 1821 classic \u003ci\u003eThe Spy\u003c\/i\u003e, widely considered the world's first espionage novel. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Last of the Mohicans\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - 1757, and Britain and France are struggling for control of the New World. Caught between them are the tribes of the First Nations... Hawkeye is an American scout who lives with the American Indians and fights for the British. When the daughters of a British army officer are captured by a vengeful Huron chief while travelling to join their father, Hawkeye and his Mohican friends set out on a rescue mission... This gripping dramatisation of James Fenimore Cooper's epic is narrated by \u003cb\u003eGarrick Hagon\u003c\/b\u003e, stars \u003cb\u003eMichael Feast\u003c\/b\u003e as Hawkeye and \u003cb\u003eHelen McCrory\u003c\/b\u003e as Cora. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Spy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - New York State, 1778. Henry Wharton, a young soldier for the British in the American Revolutionary War, sneaks into no-man's land in disguise to spend an evening with his family. But their happy reunion is cut short when American troops surround the house. Can the mysterious peddler Harvey Birch provide Henry with a means of escape? \u003cb\u003eBurn Gorman\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eRose Leslie\u003c\/b\u003e star in this thrilling tale of double agents and divided loyalties.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst published 1821 (\u003ci\u003eThe Spy\u003c\/i\u003e) and 1826 (\u003ci\u003eThe Last of the Mohicans)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003eProduction credits\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by James Fenimore Cooper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cu\u003eThe Last of the Mohicans\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNarrator - \u003cb\u003eGarrick Hagon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHawkeye - \u003cb\u003eMichael Feast\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMajor Heyward - \u003cb\u003ePhilip Franks\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCora - \u003cb\u003eHelen McCrory\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlice - \u003cb\u003eNaomi Radcliffe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeneral Munro - \u003cb\u003eRussell Dixon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChingachgook - \u003cb\u003eOkon Jones\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUncas - \u003cb\u003eClarence Smith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMagua - \u003cb\u003eAlfredo Michelsen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeneral Montcalm - \u003cb\u003eJohn Jardine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid - \u003cb\u003eRobert Whelan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTamenund - \u003cb\u003eJoe Speare\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDramatised by David Calcutt\u003cbr\u003eProduced and directed by Michael Fox\u003cbr\u003eMusic: Trevor Allan Davies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 5-12 November 1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cu\u003eThe Spy\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHarvey Birch - \u003cb\u003eBurn Gorman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrances - \u003cb\u003eRose Leslie\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHenry - \u003cb\u003eAlex Waldmann\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMr Wharton - \u003cb\u003eJames Lailey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSarah - \u003cb\u003eFrancine Chamberlain\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMr Harper - \u003cb\u003eTimothy Watson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCaesar - \u003cb\u003eRichard Pepple\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeyton Dunwoodie - \u003cb\u003eSimon Bubb\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCaptain Lawton - \u003cb\u003eGerard McDermott\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eColonel Wellmere\/Skinner - \u003cb\u003eAdam Billington\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIsabella Singleton - \u003cb\u003eVictoria Inez Hardy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eColonel Martin - \u003cb\u003ePaul Moriarty\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDramatised by DJ Britton\u003cbr\u003eDirected by Sasha Yevtushenko\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 22-29 January 2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e© 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. 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