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Annual book review programme, featuring works about the Pope, the Philippines and an exploration of silence.

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Thu 19 Dec 2013 05:30

Annual Book Review

On All Things Considered this week, Roy Jenkins presents our annual book review programme and takes a look at some books which just might make it into a Christmas stocking. The choices on offer contain plenty of opportunity to stretch minds, and tease out some strong emotions. There might even be the odd laugh or two along the way, and who knows what surprises our guests will have plucked from their own shelves to encourage us to savour?

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Joining Roy will be: Catholic priest Nick James, Historian Elin JonesÌý and former civil servant George Craig.

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The books discussed are:

Pope Francis: Untying the Knots by Paul Vallely.

The Breath of Night by Michael ArdittiÌý

Silence: A Christian History by Diarmaid MacCullochÌý

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And our guests’ personal choices:

The Broken Road: From the Iron Gates to Mount Athos by Patrick Leigh Fermor

The Blunders of Our Governments by Anthony King andÌý Ivor Crewe

The Maid and the Queen: The Secret History of Joan of Arc by Nancy GoldstoneÌý

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  • Sun 15 Dec 2013 09:00
  • Thu 19 Dec 2013 05:30

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