On Talking of Books this week, we travel through time for our Emirates Airline Festival of Literature history and historical fiction special. John MacDonald (host) and Isobel Abulhoul (co-host) discuss works by John McHugo, Antony Beevor, John Man, John Julius Norwich, James Waterson and Chris Cleave. Prachiti Talathi joins the studio to discuss David Neild's 'A Soldier in Arabia' before we get to hear from some of the authors via phone.

<p>On Talking of Books this week, we travel through time for our Emirates Airline Festival of Literature history and historical fiction special. John MacDonald (host) and Isobel Abulhoul (co-host) discuss works by John McHugo, Antony Beevor, John Man, John Julius Norwich, James Waterson and Chris Cleave. Prachiti Talathi joins the studio to discuss David Neild's 'A Soldier in Arabia' before we get to hear from some of the authors via phone.</p>

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