L058 Joanna Bourke, Roger Highfield, Tim Lott, Vivienne Parry & Erica Wagner

From Heathcliff and Little Nell to Jude the Obscure and Brideshead’s Lord Marchmain, a deathbed scene is a true test of a novelist’s mettle. Here our panel of Joanna Bourke, Roger Highfield, Tim Lott and Erica Wagner join Vivienne Parry to discuss the importance and impact of those scenes from a literary, historical and scientific point of view, each citing their most memorable choices.