Alistair Beaton and Valerie Grove
4 Extra Debut. Alistair Beaton, Valerie Grove and Sue MacGregor discuss books by Isabella Bird, Penelope Mortimer and Nikolai Gogol. From 2008.
Sue MacGregor and her guests - satirist, Alistair Beaton and writer, Valerie Grove - discuss favourite paperbacks by Isabella Bird, Penelope Mortimer and Nikolai Gogol.
Adventures in the Rocky Mountains by Isabella Bird
Publisher: Penguin Great Journeys
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting by Penelope Mortimer
Publisher: Persephone Books
The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol
Publisher: Granta
First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in 2008.
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