Philippa Gregory and Jonathon Porritt
4 Extra Debut. Sue MacGregor, Philippa Gregory and Jonathon Porritt discuss books by Gilbert White, Edith Wharton and Bruce Chatwin. From November 2006.
Sue MacGregor and her guests - novelist, Philippa Gregory and environmentalist, Jonathon Porritt - discuss favourite books by Gilbert White, Edith Wharton and Bruce Chatwin. From 2006.
The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White
Pubisherl: Penguin Classics
Glimpses of the Moon by Edith Wharton
Publisher: Pushkin Press
The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin
Publisher: Vintage.
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Tue 21 Nov 200616:30BBC Radio 4 FM- Fri 24 Nov 200623:00BBC Radio 4 FM
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