Books Uncovered

Granny's Chips - Queen Mary was renowned for her fabulous jewelry and Christine lists the incredible gems she wore to her coronation in 1911, many of which Queen Camilla used in her own coronation. The diamond Cockade and the diamond Stomacher really caught our interest.

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A Real Who Dunnit! Theft at the British Museum - The thefts from the British Museum that are hitting the headlines have not been the first ones from the museum in recent years. Christine lists some incredible security failures.

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By Dickens! - Barbara Kingsolver's novel Demon Copperhead was modeled on David Copperfield by Charles Dickens and when Christine mentions this Beth reveals a surprising amount of knowledge about the great man's ten children.

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New Books - So many books to talk about, they make up most of the show.

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We hope you are all enjoying this Matariki weekend

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A Stack of Books - The Athenaeum was lucky enough to have a stack of books donated to us in the last week so Christine's rundown of new books is longer than usual this episode.

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The History of the Mountain of Light - The Mountain of Light is the Koh-i-noor one of the world's biggest diamonds. Christine gives a very quick run through it's complicated history to explain how India, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Taliban all feel they have a claim for it's return from the British government.

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Still No Beth - Beth is back from her holiday in Vanuatu but the change in temperatures has left her with a nasty cold, so we made her stay home and once again Christine is flying solo. Get well soon Beth is all we can say.

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The One Without Beth - Beth is off on an Island holiday and Christine is left holding the fort. We have reviews of some cracking new books and to save Christine's voice some musical interludes. Hiawatha by Look Blue Go Purple - Christine outlines some of the inspiration and plot of The Song of Hiawatha the epic poem by Longfellow that inspired the song. We finish with Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush other song inspired by a literary work.

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