Harriett Gilbert and her guests - former Governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King and comic actor and writer, Arabella Weir - discuss their favourite books by Machiavelli, Jon Canter and Eric Newby.
The Prince by Machiavelli
Publisher: Penguin
A Short Gentleman by Jon Canter
Publisher: Vintage
Love and War in the Apennines by Eric Newby
Publisher: HarperCollins
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2014.
