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Radio 4,04 Feb 2014,30 mins

Lord Mervyn King and Arabella Weir

A Good Read

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Harriett Gilbert and her guests - former Governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King and comic actor and writer, Arabella Weir - discuss their favourite books by Machiavelli, Jon Canter and Eric Newby. The Prince by Machiavelli Publisher: Penguin A Short Gentleman by Jon Canter Publisher: Vintage Love and War in the Apennines by Eric Newby Publisher: HarperCollins First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2014.

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