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The Suspicious Death of Emile Zola

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Jul 30, 201627:11Comedy

Steve Punt returns as Radio 4's very own private detective. Punt travels to Paris to investigate the suspicious death of celebrated writer Émile Zola. Zola died in 1902 from carbon monoxide poisoning caused by a blocked...

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