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  • Published: 5 May 2016
  • ISBN: 9781785294532
  • Imprint: BBC DL
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 2 hr 50 min
  • Narrators: Stephen Fry, Daniel Rigby, Tamsin Greig

Warhorses of Letters: Complete Series 1-3

The poignant BBC Radio 4 comedy




Stephen Fry and Daniel Rigby star in the BBC Radio 4 comedy. Against the backdrop of the Napoleonic wars.

Stephen Fry, Daniel Rigby and Tamsin Greig star in all three series of the poignant BBC Radio 4 comedy drama.

Warhorses of Letters is the world's finest and best-loved equine, military, epistolary romance, comprising the newly-discovered love letters between two horses united by passion but cruelly divided by conflict.

Set against the sweeping backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, these twelve episodes introduce us to Copenhagen, the Duke of Wellington's frisky young racehorse, and his hero Marengo, the seasoned, famous and just-a-little-bit-short mount of Emperor Napoleon.

From the early days of the Peninsular Campaign to the Battle of Waterloo and its aftermath, we follow our horse heroes as their romance blossoms, their fortunes fluctuate and uncertainty and jealousy put strains on their burgeoning relationship. Can they ever be truly together, or are they doomed to remain sundered by fate?

Written by Robert Hudson and Marie Phillips, this moving, surreal comedy stars Stephen Fry as Marengo and Daniel Rigby as Copenhagen, with Tamsin Greig as the Narrator. Totally unique and utterly entertaining, it will appeal to all lovers of horses, history and humour. Duration: 2 hours 50 mins approx.

  • Published: 5 May 2016
  • ISBN: 9781785294532
  • Imprint: BBC DL
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 2 hr 50 min
  • Narrators: Stephen Fry, Daniel Rigby, Tamsin Greig

About the authors

Robert Hudson

Robert Hudson’s first novel, The Kilburn Social Club, was published by Jonathan Cape in 2009. With Marie Phillips, he writes the BBC Radio 4 series, Warhorses of Letters. He lives in London.

Marie Phillips

Marie Phillips was born in London in 1976. Her first novel, Gods Behaving Badly, was published in 2007. Widely acclaimed, it was translated into over fifteen languages and made into a feature film. She is also the writer, with fellow novelist Robert Hudson, of the BBC Radio 4 series Warhorses of Letters.