Robert Service and Valentina Polukhina
4 Extra Debut. Sue MacGregor, Robert Service and Valentina Polukhina discuss books by Mary Renault, Elena Shvarts and Anthony Burgess. From 2010.
Two specialists of Russian history and literature, Robert Service and Valentina Polukhina, join Sue MacGregor to discuss books by Mary Renault, Elena Shvarts and Anthony Burgess.
The King Must Die by Mary Renault
Publisher. Arrow Books
Birdsong on the Seabed by Elena Shvarts
Publisher: Bloodaxe
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess (see compliance notes)
Publisher: Penguin Modern Classics
First broadcast on 蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 in March 2010.
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