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Niall Ferguson & Tracy Chevalier

Niall Ferguson, Tracy Chevalier and Harriett Gilbert choose books by Muriel Spark, Robert Louis Stevenson and Irène Némirovsky. From 2015.

Writer Tracy Chevalier, historian Niall Ferguson and Harriet Gilbert discuss favourite novels by Murial Spark, Robert Louis Stevenson and Irène Némirovsky.

Driver's Seat by Muriel Spark
Publisher: Penguin

South Sea Tales by Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher: Oxford University Press

Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky
Publisher: Vintage

Producer: Sally Heaven

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2015.

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30 minutes

Last on

Fri 30 Jun 202320:30

Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterHarriett Gilbert
Interviewed GuestNiall Ferguson
Interviewed GuestTracy Chevalier
ProducerSally Heaven

Broadcasts

  • Tue 17 Nov 201516:30
  • Fri 30 Jun 202320:30

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