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Simon Sebag Montefiore with Paul Smith

Simon Sebag Montefiore with Paul Smith

FromThe Penguin Podcast


Simon Sebag Montefiore with Paul Smith

FromThe Penguin Podcast

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Length:
44 minutes
Released:
Jul 12, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Historian and novelist Simon Sebag Montefiore joins Paul Smith in the Penguin studio to talk about the final instalment in his Moscow trilogy, Red Sky At Noon. He chooses objects including a machete and a Russian doll as he talks about researching the role of the Russian cavalry in the Second World War, reveals why he loves writing about love, and explains why Donald Trump has a schoolboy crush on Vladimir Putin. #PenguinPodcast For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Released:
Jul 12, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Conversations with some our of leading authors and creative thinkers, as we seek to understand how they write and where their ideas come from. Guests bring to the interview a handful of objects that have inspired their work. #PenguinPodcast