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Start the Week: 11/10/2010

11/10/2010

BBC Radio 4 - Start the Week, 11/10/2010

Andrew Marr with Bernhard Schlink, Peter Snow, Margaret MacMillan and Sebastian Faulks.

Andrew Marr, at the Cheltenham Literary Festival, is joined by the author of 'The Reader' Bernhard Schlink, Peter Snow, Margaret MacMillan and Sebastian Faulks.

In a special programme recorded at the Cheltenham Literature Festival Andrew Marr talks to Bernhard Schlink, author of 'The Reader', about his latest novel to be translated, which pits youthful idealism against the reality of terrorism. Margaret MacMillan explores the uses and abuses of history, while Peter Snow tries to unpick the man from the legend in his biography of Wellington. Sebastian Faulks explores the history of the novel, and discusses the challenges in both historical and contemporary fiction.

Producer: Katy Hickman.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

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