A Good Read: India Knight and Alvin Hall
Journalist and author India Knight and financial adviser Alvin Hall talk about books they love with Harriett Gilbert. India Knight selects Jane and Prudence by Barbara Pym, a...
Journalist and author India Knight and financial adviser Alvin Hall talk about books they love with Harriett Gilbert.
India Knight selects Jane and Prudence by Barbara Pym, a novel which contrasts the lives of two women in 1950s England.
A medical miracle is at the heart of the book chosen by Alvin Hall: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot.
Harriett Gilbert's pick has been a phenomenon in Russia in recent times: The Winter Queen by Boris Akunin.
Producer: Melvin Rickarby
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