John Sandoe Books

Caroline Moorehead: A House in the Mountains

Alex Preston talks to Caroline about her new book on the women of the Italian Resistance. 

 

Edited by Magnus Rena 

 

Music: Fonola Band, Bella Ciao

Philip Mansel: Louis XIV, King of the World

The eminent historian on France and the Levant is joined in conversation by Barnaby Rogerson. Philip's new book on the Sun King's excesses, both courtly and murderous, political and personal, is out now. 

 

Edited by Magnus Rena 

 

Music: Jean-Baptiste Lully, Te Deum

Sofia Tolstoy: A Centenary

Tolstoy biographer and translator Rosamund Bartlett in conversation with academic and writer Sophie Ratcliffe. 

 

Edited by Magnus Rena 

 

Music: Nikolai Romanovich Bakaleinikov, Sorrow

William Dalrymple: The Anarchy, The Relentless Rise of The East India Company

The celebrated author (and old friend of the shop) spoke upstairs about his latest book. 

 

Music: Ravi Shankar, Dhun