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Ann Widdecombe and Helen Wilkinson

4 Extra Debut. Tom Sutcliffe, Ann Widdecombe and Helen Wilkinson compare books by Richard Dawkins, Brian Moore and Antonia Fraser. From July 1997.

Tom Sutcliffe, Ann Widdecombe and Helen Wilkinson compare books by Richard Dawkins, Brian Moore and Antonia Fraser. From 1997.

The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
Publisher: Oxford University Press

The Gunpowder Plot by Antonia Fraser
Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson

Lies of Silence by Brian Moore
Publisher: Vintage.

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  • Wed 23 Jul 199710:00
  • Sun 27 Jul 199721:00
  • Mon 23 Jun 201418:30
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