Marcelle d'Argy Smith and Barry Cunliffe
4 Extra Debut. Marcelle d'Argy Smith, Barry Cunliffe and Sue MacGregor discuss books by Robert Harris, Voltaire and David M Friedman. From 2008.
Sue MacGregor and her guests - former Cosmopolitan editor, Marcelle d'Argy Smith and archaeologist, Professor Barry Cunliffe - discuss books by Robert Harris, Voltaire and David M Friedman.
The Ghost by Robert Harris
Publisher: Hutchinson
A Mind of Its Own: A Cultural History of the Penis by David M Friedman
Publisher: Robert Hale Limited
Candide by Voltaire
Publisher: Oxford World's Classics
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2008.
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