Mike Brearley and Julie Welch
Mike Brearley, Julie Welch and Sue MacGregor on books by Graham Greene, Elizabeth Taylor and Heinrich Harrer. From 2010.
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Former England cricket captain, Mike Brearley and sports writer, Julie Welch join Sue MacGregor to discuss favourite books by Graham Greene, Elizabeth Taylor and Heinrich Harrer.
A Burnt Out Case by Graham Greene
Publisher: Vintage Classics
In A Summer Season by Elizabeth Taylor
Publisher: Virago Modern Classics
The White Spider by Heinrich Harrer
Publisher: Harper Perennial
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2010.
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