Monty Don and Penny Vincenzi
Sarah LeFanu, Monty Don and Penny Vincenzi discuss books by the Oxford Dictionary, Hilary Mantel and William Cobbett. From November 1998.
Sarah LeFanu, Monty Don and Penny Vincenzi discuss books by the Oxford Dictionary, Hilary Mantel and William Cobbett. From November 1998.
The Oxford Dictionary of New Words
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Fludd, by Hilary Mantel
Publisher: Penguin
Rural Rides, by William Cobbett
Publisher: Penguin.
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