Dr Alice Roberts and Father Christopher Jamison
4 Extra Debut. Kate Mosse, Alice Roberts and Christopher Jamison on books by Louis de Bernieres, Marilynee Robinson and Roger Deakin. From 2009.
Kate Mosse and her guests - broadcaster, Dr Alice Roberts, and writer and Benedictine monk, Father Christopher Jamison - discuss favourite books by Louis de Bernieres, Marilynee Robinson and Roger Deakin.
One book takes us for a walk in the woods, one to 1950s small-town America, and the other to war-torn Turkey.
Home by Marilynee Robinson
Publisher: Virago
Wildwood by Roger Deakin
Publisher: Penguin
Bird Without Wings by Louis de Bernieres
Publisher: Vintage
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2009.
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