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Why Christian Jacq's blockbusters about Egyptian king Ramses have sold so well. The final volume of the five-book series has been long awaited by the French public. Jacq has a doctorate in Egyptian Studies from the Sorbonne. Also in the programme, the latest fiction from Canadian Guy Vanderhaeghe, Guyanese writer Fred D'Aguiar's new novel on the slave trade and a first American novel by Martha McPhee, Bright Angel Time. Presenter: Harriett Gilbert.
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