Interview: Susan Nagel discusses her new biography of Mary Nisbet, "The Mistress of the Elgin Marbles" From: Weekend Edition - Sunday (NPR) | Date: September 5, 2004| Author: JENNIFER LUDDEN | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

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09-05-2004

Interview: Susan Nagel discusses her new biography of Mary Nisbet, "The Mistress of the Elgin Marbles"

Host: JENNIFER LUDDEN
Time: 8:00-9:00 PM

JENNIFER LUDDEN, host:

The Olympics have come and gone from Athens, lauded as a great success for the host country. But Greece did not achieve one key goal; it had hoped that all the international attention would prompt Britain to return to Greece the treas...

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