Strong Sense of Place | Travel Through Books

LoLT: Tips for Reading Long Novels and Two Great Books


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In this episode, we get excited about two new books: The Power and the Glory: The Country House Before the Great War by Adrian Tinniswood and Playworld: A Novel by Adam Ross. Then Mel shares her reading and loving doorstopper novels of 500+ pages.


Links
  • The Power and the Glory: The Country House Before the Great War by Adrian Tinniswood
  • The Long Weekend: Life in the English Country House, 1918-1939 by Adrian Tinniswood
  • Noble Ambitions: The Fall and Rise of the English Country House After World War II by Adrian Tinniswood
  • Playworld: A Novel by Adam Ross
  • Mr. Peanut by Adam Ross
  • Adrian Tinniswood’s website
  • Podcast: History Extra — The Golden Age of the Country House
  • The Wheel of Fortune by Susan Howatch

  • Mel’s Favorite Doorstopper Novels
    • Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
    • REAMDE by Neal Stephenson
    • The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischvili (translated by Ruth Martin & Charlotte Collins)
    • Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth - reviewed on our Hollywood podcast
    • Wolf Hall trilogy by Hilary Mantel - reviewed on our London podcast
    • The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova - reviewed on our Library podcast
    • The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins - reviewed on our Cemetery podcast
    • The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
    • The Labyrinth of the Spirits by Carlos Ruiz Zafón - reviewed on our Library podcast
    • The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
    • Fairy Tale by Stephen King

    • Transcript of this episode.


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