A Good Read

Lord Mervyn King and Arabella Weir


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Harriett Gilbert and her guests - former Governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King and comic actor and writer, Arabella Weir - discuss their favourite books by Machiavelli, Jon Canter and Eric Newby.

The Prince by Machiavelli

Publisher: Penguin

A Short Gentleman by Jon Canter

Publisher: Vintage

Love and War in the Apennines by Eric Newby

Publisher: HarperCollins

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2014.

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