05/11/2009
Taylor Branch, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, tells Simon about being summoned by President Clinton at all hours to record his views for the book The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History in the White House. Plus Ben Elton and Chris Ryan are both in to have their books reviewed.
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The secret life of the White House
Pullitzer-prize-winning author Taylor Branch, talks to Simon about his book The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History In the White House, based on 79 secret interviews he carried out with Bill Clinton.
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- Thu 5 Nov 2009 13:00大象传媒 Radio 5 Live
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