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2. A Mere Five Thousand Pounds
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How aggrieved timber merchant John Bellingham shot prime minister Spencer Perceval dead in May 1812. Stars David Horovitch.
On a sunny day in May 1812, as Napoleon's armies massed on the Russian borders, Liverpudlian timber merchant, John Bellingham was feeling aggrieved.
He entered the House of Commons and shot prime minister, Spencer Perceval dead.
One of David Pownall's series of plays exploring the hearts and minds of three of history's most celebrated killers.
John Bellingham.........David Horovitch
Director: Eoin O'Callaghan
First broadcast on 蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 in March 1999.
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