Show Notes
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.
Links
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
Noble Ambitions: The Fall and Rise of the English Country House After World War II by Adrian Tinniswood
Playworld: A Novel by Adam Ross
Mr. Peanut by Adam Ross
Adrian Tinniswood’s website
Podcast: History Extra — The Golden Age of the Country House
The Wheel of Fortune by Susan Howatch
Mel’s Favorite Doorstopper Novels
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
REAMDE by Neal Stephenson
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
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Fairy Tale by Stephen King
Transcript of this episode.
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