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Authors talking to David Freeman about their books. Most of the conversations are from David’s personal archive that have been collected over the past 40 years.
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Saturday May 22, 2021
Saturday May 22, 2021
The conversations in this episode were recorded in the Langham Hotel in West London 20 years ago.
Mark Bowden recounts the life of the mega rich drug dealer Pablo Escobar in his book 'Killing Pablo'.
Mark Bowden's book is a type of biography and following that Peter Ackroyd tells David Freeman about his fascinating biography of London.
A different dimension of London's history is told by Liza Pickard in her book 'Dr. Johnson's London'.
Finally the award winning journalist Christina Lamb tells the remarkable story of a rich eccentric who a hundred years ago built a replica of an English country house in the middle of Africa. 'The Africa House' is a an astonishing true story that would make an amazing film.
Wednesday May 12, 2021
Wednesday May 12, 2021
In The Author Archive Podcast 2 John Le Carre talks about writing politics , and Mallory Blackman explains the political thinking behind Noughts and Crosses.
Maggie Gee gives the background to her novel The White Family that endeavours to explain prejudice and on the frothy side Jilly Cooper gives more background to how life might be in the English counties.
The episode concludes with two views of the Court of King Henry VIII, Philippa Gregory discusses her book about 'The Other Boleyn Girl' and Alison Weir explains how the king was totally surrounded by the people of the court all the time!