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. [transcript]
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
Podcast: History Extra — The Golden Age of the Country House
Mel’s Favorite Doorstopper Novels
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
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