http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/dramaon3/pip/g9k8l/


The Radetzky March

By Joseph Roth.

Adapted by Mike Walker from the English translation of the novel by Michael Hofmann. The story of the end of the Austro-Hungarian Empire is told through the men of the Trotta family, three generations of servants loyal to their emperor.

The story starts at the second half of the 19th century when a Trotta saves the life of Franz Joseph on the battlefield, to the beginning of the 20th when world war and old age wipes the Trottas and their Empire from the map, but not the memory, of Europe

Was really good, i heard it the first time it was on ages ago and enjoyed then as well, was very much worth the second outing though did start to wonder about 'trottas' on the radio, wondering if they are related to the trotters in peckham,but, of course, different spelling.

BUT..3 different generations...i wonder...