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From: Evening Times
Date: 20040501
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THE TWO LOVES OF ANTHONY TROLLOPE Sunday, BBC1, 7pm

ANTHONY Trollope, the man who wrote the novel, He Knew He Was Right - the story on which the Beeb's latest costume drama starring Scots actress Laura Fraser is based - may have been a world-famous and highly respected author.

But as this documentary reveals, he was also a man torn between his devoted wife Rose and a young American who entranced him - and had a major impact on the way he wrote females into his books.

The documentary is narrated by Stephen Fry and features segments of drama in which Clive Merrison plays the writer.

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