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A Good Read: Philippa Gregory and Jonathon Porritt

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24/09/2018

Philippa Gregory and Jonathon Porritt

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Philippa Gregory and Jonathon Porritt join Sue MacGregor to discuss favourite books.

4 Extra Debut. Sue MacGregor, Philippa Gregory and Jonathon Porritt discuss books by Gilbert White, Edith Wharton and Bruce Chatwin. From November 2006.

Sue MacGregor and her guests - novelist, Philippa Gregory and environmentalist, Jonathon Porritt - discuss favourite books by Gilbert White, Edith Wharton and Bruce Chatwin. From 2006.

The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White 
Pubisherl: Penguin Classics

Glimpses of the Moon by Edith Wharton
Publisher: Pushkin Press

The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin
Publisher: Vintage.

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