Michele Hanson and Roger Highfield
Michele Hanson, Roger Highfield and Harriett Gilbert discuss Tobias Smollett, Siddhartha Mukherjee and John Le Carre. From 2012.
Columnist and author, Michele Hanson and Director of External Affairs at the Science Museum Group, Roger Highfield join Harriett Gilbert to discuss their favourite books by Tobias Smollett, Siddhartha Mukherjee and John Le Carr茅.
Humphry Clinker by Tobias Smollett
Publisher: Penguin Classic
The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Publisher: Fourth Estate
A Murder of Quality by John le Carr茅
Publisher: Penguin Modern Classics
First broadcast on Radio 4 in June 2012.
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