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Mary Beard

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A Good Read: Jeremy Paxman and Mary Beard

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Mary Beard and Jeremy Paxman talk about their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.

Mary Beard, Jeremy Paxman and Harriett Gilbert discuss books by Natalie Zemon Davis, Ben Fountain and Graham Greene. From 2014.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - broadcaster, Jeremy Paxman and classicist, Dame Mary Beard - discuss their favourite books by Natalie Zemon Davis, Ben Fountain and Graham Greene.  

Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain
Publisher: Canongate

Travels with my Aunt by Graham Greene
Publisher:  Vintage

The Return of Martin Guerre by Natalie Zemon Davis
Publisher:  Harvard University Press

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2014.

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