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Robert Service and Valentina Polukhina

4 Extra Debut. Sue MacGregor, Robert Service and Valentina Polukhina discuss books by Mary Renault, Elena Shvarts and Anthony Burgess. From 2010.

Two specialists of Russian history and literature, Robert Service and Valentina Polukhina, join Sue MacGregor to discuss books by Mary Renault, Elena Shvarts and Anthony Burgess.

The King Must Die by Mary Renault
Publisher. Arrow Books

Birdsong on the Seabed by Elena Shvarts
Publisher: Bloodaxe

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess (see compliance notes)
Publisher: Penguin Modern Classics

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in March 2010.

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30 minutes

Last on

Sun 21 Jun 2020 03:30

Broadcasts

  • Tue 23 Mar 2010 16:30
  • Fri 26 Mar 2010 23:00
  • Mon 15 Jun 2020 18:30
  • Tue 16 Jun 2020 00:30
  • Sat 20 Jun 2020 15:30
  • Sun 21 Jun 2020 03:30

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