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Chevalier de Saint-Georges

Greg Jenner is joined by historian Prof Olivette Otele and comedian Sophie Duker in 18th-century France to meet the Chevalier de Saint-Georges. Born the son of a slave and a white plantation owner, he lived a remarkable life in France, becoming a master fencer, violin virtuoso, composer, confident of Marie Antoinette and a revolutionary. He is regarded as…