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Jul 2011
54m 12s

The King James Bible: The End of the Roa...

OXFORD UNIVERSITY
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A conversation between Melvyn Bragg and Diarmaid MacCulloch, chaired by the Chancellor of the University of Oxford, Lord Patten of Barnes. Recorded at the University Church of St Mary the Virgin, High Street, Oxford, Thursday 7 July, 6.00 pm. 
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