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When Lewis was posted here
in 1944 as an intelligence officer
for the Allied forces, he witnessed many of the rituals
Dickens had described 100 years earlier, but saw a greater purpose
in them, particularly at a time
when the city was experiencing such suffering
in 1944 as an intelligence officer
for the Allied forces, he witnessed many of the rituals
Dickens had described 100 years earlier, but saw a greater purpose
in them, particularly at a time
when the city was experiencing such suffering
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When Lewis was posted here
in 1944
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as an intelligence officer
for the Allied forces,
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he witnessed many of the rituals
Dickens had described
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100 years earlier,
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but saw a greater purpose
in them,
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particularly at a time
when the city
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was experiencing such suffering.
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Movie Summary
Richard E Grant packs his clothes and a bag of books and travels to the locations authors have fictionalised to gain a sense of the places that inspired their novels.