James Naughtie
1) Paris spring
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Paris in 1968. In a city alive with talk of revolution, Will Flemyng finds himself in the thick of the action, a young spy whose first adventures behind the Iron Curtain have already given him a secret glamour. But now he gets news that threatens the closest and most complicated relationship in his life, with his younger brother.
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We live with our history, but it can kill us. Faces from the past appear from nowhere at a family funeral, and Will Flemyng, spy-turned-ambassador, is drawn into twin mysteries that threaten everything he holds dear. From Washington, he's pitched back into the Troubles in Northern Ireland and an explosive secret hidden deep in the most dangerous but fulfilling friendship he has known. And while he confronts shadowy adversaries in American streets,...
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John Murray
Pub. Date
2007
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Music is the soundtrack to our lives. It entertains and gives private solace and inspiration, and it also tells the story of our past. James Naughtie uses a blend of expertise and approachability that he brings to radio and TV, to tell music's passionate and original story.
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Collins
Pub. Date
2012
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After the Queen's accession in 1952, the phase 'New Elizabethans' was commonly used as a way of describing ambitious young men and women whose energy and talents seemed to match those of the youthful monarch. Now, to mark the Diamond Jubilee, Radio 4 looks back over the span of Queen Elizabeth II's reign so far.
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Head of Zeus
Pub. Date
2014
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Will Flemyng was a spy who turned to politics and is rising to the top in the 1970s. But when a bizarre death, on one hot summer day in London, starts to unravel some of the most sensitive secrets of his government, he's drawn back into the shadows of the Cold War and begins to dance with danger once more. Buffeted by political forces and the powerful women around him, and caught in interlocking mysteries he must disentangle, Flemyng faces his vulnerability...