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Radio 4 Extra,27 Mar 2001,30 mins

SeriesSeries 2

Leonardo da Vinci

The Mark Steel Lecture

Available for 27 days

A profile of the Italian artist and scholar. Was Leonardo da Vinci a genius or a hopeless absent-minded buffoon? Mark Steel lectures humourously about historical figures that have shaped their era. With: Martin Hyder Melanie Hudson Producer: Lucy Armitage First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2001.

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