Getting pretty much straight on with it, Charles Adrian goes back over three books that he was given by guests on his podcast.
Books discussed in this episode were previously discussed in Page One 41 (http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-1#/41-lissa-gillott/), Page One 44 (http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-1#/44-patric-schott/) and Page One 45 (http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-1#/45-henry-blackshaw/).
For a better synopsis of Amitav Ghosh's Ibis Trilogy, you can follow links on Wikipedia here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibis_trilogy. The plot summary of River Of Smoke that Charles Adrian reads when he should be talking about Sea Of Poppies can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_of_Smoke#Plot_introduction. You can read more about Zamindars and the zamindari system on Wikipedia here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zamindar
The Rossini piece that Charles Adrian mentions in relation to the Grand Théâtre in Luxembourg is Nico and the Navigators' production of Rossini's Petite Messe Solonelle which you can watch a trailer for here: http://navigators.de/index.php?id=239&L=2.%27%22
Episode image is a detail of a photo by Charles Adrian
Episode recorded: 14th May, 2020.
More information and a transcript of this episode is at http://www.pageonepodcast.com/
Book listing:
Sea Of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh (Page One 41)
Das Spiel Ihres Lebens by anon. (Page One 44)
Not After Midnight from Don't Look Now by Daphne Du Maurier (Page One 45)
