More Mysteries
HE lucrative field of radio crime detection has now been bréadened to include mysterious happenings of all kinds, and Strange Mysteries has been joined by History’s Unsolved Mysteries. In two such episodes lately I heard, first, a query as to whether Francis Bacon was really the illegitimate son of Queen Elizabeth; second, an attempt to -whitewash Lucrezia Borgia. I must admit that my precise historical knowledge of either period is extremely limited, but so, probably, is that of most listeners to these sessions. I felt, when listening, that what I may term the Gteat Bacon Mystery came off best. Listeners here were given a collection of historical facts and asked to make their own decision. In the Borgia episode, however, the whole thing was fictional
except for the names, and imaginary conversations between Lucrezia and her brother Cesare were no basis on which to decide whether Lucrezia was saint or sinner. And it may be pedantic of me, but I doubt if the Italian Lucrezia, in private talk with Cesare, ever pronounced his name as "Seize ’er!"
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 389, 6 December 1946, Page 14
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179More Mysteries New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 389, 6 December 1946, Page 14
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