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Books & LooksIsabella d'Este: The First Woman of the Renaissance with author Sarah Dunant | #137Was the Italian Renaissance only for men? While history remembers the names of Michelangelo, Leonardo, and the Medici, one woman’s story of power, art, and ambition rivals them all. In this episode, we uncover the life of Isabella d'Este, the First Lady of the Renaissance, with acclaimed historical novelist Sarah Dunant. Discover the incredible true story of the woman who ran a state, built a world-class art collection, and navigated a dangerous marriage—all while a secret disease swept through Europe, changing her destiny forever.Join us as celebrated author Sarah Dunant, a fell...
2025-11-1345 minAhmad Hardyoni
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2025-09-1000 minBetter Known
Better KnownSarah DunantSarah Dunant discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Sarah Dunant studied history at Newnham College, Cambridge from where she went on to become a writer, broadcaster, teacher and critic. She has written twelve novels, four of which have been short-listed for awards, and edited two books of essays. She is an accredited lecturer with The Arts Society, lecturing on Italian history and renaissance art, has taught renaissance studies at Washington University, St Louis and creative writing at University of Oxford Brookes. Her new novel is The Marchesa, which is available at https://www...
2025-06-2229 minNot Just the Tudors
Not Just the TudorsIsabella d’Este: Renaissance InfluencerDiscover the captivating life of Isabella d'Este with Professor Suzannah Lipscomb and acclaimed novelist and historian Sarah Dunant. They discuss Isabella's incredible journey from a well-educated noblewoman to the First Lady of the Renaissance, how she mastered political strategy, diplomatic finesse, and art patronage while navigating the treacherous Italian wars.Suzannah and Sarah uncover intimate details of Isabella's unconventional marriage and her groundbreaking influence in the art world as she pursued Michelangelo for the perfect portrait with a unique blend of charm and ruthlessness, which made her one of history's most compelling women.More:
2025-06-1254 minJim Foster: Conversations On The Coast
Jim Foster: Conversations On The CoastSacred Hearts by Sarah DunantSarah Dunant, author of "Sacred Hearts," reads an excerpt from her novel in which the young main character, Serafina, starts to find her voice within the confines of an Italian convent in the year 1570 and makes her plans to escape.  The full interview from a 2009 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" can be heard now wherever you get your podcasts.  Photo: sarahdunant.com
2025-04-1303 minThe Boundless Podcast
The Boundless PodcastSarah Dunant on furry friends through historyWhen Sarah Dunant was writing her most recent historical novel, she had a character who was tough to crack. Isabella D’Este, a 16th century Italian noblewoman, had no obvious softness or humanity, and then Sarah – a bestselling novelist and cultural commentator – discovered her fondness for little dogs.Erica talks to Sarah about the ways in which understanding relationships that people had with dogs historically gives an incredibly rich window into the past. From horse culture to pig rearing, the history of humankind is almost all there. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...
2025-03-1230 minA Point of View
A Point of ViewDebating the American FutureAs America gears up for next week's debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, Sarah Dunant looks at the seismic shift in sexual politics in the US since Trump debated with Hillary Clinton. 'Looming, threatening, even the word stalking was used' to describe that encounter, Sarah remembers. But when this presidential debate gets underway in the early hours of Wednesday morning UK time, Sarah thinks it will be a very different story. 'An encounter worth losing sleep for,' she reckons. Producer: Adele Armstrong Sound: Peter Bosher Production coordinator: Gemma Ashman ...
2024-09-0610 minA Point of View
A Point of ViewNo Country for Old MenSarah Dunant argues that Joe Biden's refusal to understand his moment in history is forcing the nation to confront the fact that she is no longer young. 'In the relatively short history of America from new country to super power,' writes Sarah, 'she has always - even when she behaves badly - projected an aura of self confidence, a vitality, almost cocky certainty that we associate with youth. And for the longest time, it made for an optimism, a sense of can do, that sometimes felt like manifest destiny.' That, Sarah argues, is...
2024-07-1210 minSteilpass
SteilpassSteilpass auf Frauen- und Menschenrechte mit Khalida Popal (Afghanistan) und Mayi Cruz Blanco (FIFA)In dieser Spezialfolge treffen die afghanischen Fußballerin und Aktivistin Khalida Popal und Mayi Cruz Blanco von der FIFA zusammen. Sie sprechen über Fussball, Frauenrechte und Bildung.Khalida Popal hat das erste afghanische Frauen-Nationalteam gegründet und kürzlich das Buch "My Beautiful Sisters" veröffentlicht. Mayi Cruz Blanco, setzt sich für Gleichberechtigung im Sport ein.[00:10:42] Fussball als Bildungserlebnis[00:16:40] Fussball in Afghanistan[00:22:13] Fussball für Frauenrechte[00:29:13] Die Situation in Afghanistan.[00:39:47] Menschenrechtsbewegung im Sport[00:44:15] Männerfussball unterstützt Frauenfussball[00:53:47] Frauenfussball und Gleichberechtigung[01:04...
2024-07-011h 07Siege der Medizin | Der medizinhistorische Podcast
Siege der Medizin | Der medizinhistorische Podcast"Tutti Fratelli" – Henry Dunant und die Geburtsstunde des Roten Kreuzes 1859 macht sich ein Schweizer Geschäftsmann auf den Weg zu Napoleon III., um geschäftliche Angelegenheiten zu besprechen. Stattdessen gründet er die größte und wichtigste medizinische und humanitäre Organisation der Welt. Er setzt sich ein für mehr Menschlichkeit im Krieg, zahlt selbst aber einen hohen Preis. Andrea Sawatzki erzählt in dieser Episode die Geschichte von Henry Dunant und der Gründung des Internationalen Komitees des Roten Kreuzes. Experte in dieser Folge: Rainer Schlösser. Mehr Infos: https://www.romanistik.uni-jena.de/institut/personal/professor-innen-im-ruhestand/schloesser-rainer-prof-dr Dieser Podcast dreht sich um die größte...
2024-06-1948 minOpening Lines
Opening Lines& Other Stories: Daphne du Maurier - Episode 2John Yorke digs under the surface of two more of Daphne du Maurier’s short stories, both of which once again reveal how deftly she marries psychological understanding with compelling narratives. The Blue Lenses, published in 1959, and The Little Photographer (1952) are both preoccupied with ‘seeing’ and how a lens can reveal a truth that might have otherwise been hidden. Du Maurier’s characteristic themes of truth, deception, jealousy and obsession thread themselves through these stories and John teases out the experiences in du Maurier’s own life that underpinned her writing. John Yorke has worked in televis...
2024-03-0314 minOpening Lines
Opening Lines& Other Stories: Daphne du Maurier - Episode 1In 1971, Daphne du Maurier published Don’t Look Now and it was to become a landmark in the development of the psychological thriller. Du Maurier was an extraordinarily prolific writer producing a string of bestselling novels such as Rebecca and Jamaica Inn, but it’s in her short stories that we find her darkest and most disturbing work. In Don’t Look Now, a couple visit Venice trying to come to terms with the grief of losing their daughter. A blind psychic tells them she can see their daughter and she is trying to warn them of danger...
2024-03-0314 minA Point of View
A Point of ViewThe Death and Life of Modern MartyrsSarah Dunant reflects on martyrdom past and present. As Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is laid to rest, Sarah looks to history to ponder what his legacy might be. And she turns to the work of the 19th-century philosopher Soren Kierkegaard: 'The tyrant dies and his rule is over...the martyr dies and his rule begins'. 'History is a long game,' Sarah writes. 'And the shelf life of martyrs in particular is impressive.' Producer: Adele Armstrong Sound: Peter Bosher Production coordinator: Liam Morrey Editor: Penny Murphy
2024-03-0110 minThe Book Snug Podcast
The Book Snug PodcastS2, Chapter 3: The Superlatives of 2023Send us a textIt's the end of 2023 which means it's time to talk about our bookish superlatives for the year.  Get ready for a fun discussion and a long list of books to either avoid or add to your TBR. Julia’s Books:The Binding by Bridget CollinsVerity by Colleen HooverIn the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah DunantThe Midnight Library by Matt HaigThe Demon Trapper's Daughter by Jana OliverThe Secret History by Donna TarttHarry Potter and the Sorcer's Stone by J.K Rowling, narrated by Jim DaleThe Atlas Six by Oli...
2023-12-271h 01Intelligence Squared
Intelligence SquaredThe Poetry Pharmacy Returns with William SieghartFor this episode, we’re revisiting one of our favourite events from the past few years, The Poetry Pharmacy Returns. Back in 2019, we gathered a stellar line-up to celebrate the power of poetry all thanks to the vision of publisher William Sieghart. Sieghart’s Poetry Pharmacy books look to use the written word as a healing antidote to many of life’s everyday challenges.Sieghart will be returning to the stage soon with Intelligence Squared alongside BBC broadcaster Sarah Montague and another array of superb actors to make the words of great poets come alive once more at The...
2023-11-271h 22A Point of View
A Point of ViewThe Strangeness of DreamsFrom clay tablets in Mesopotamia two and a half thousand years ago to the stuff of dreams today, Sarah Dunant examines the continuing mystery of the function and meaning of dreams. 'As science digs further into every nook and cranny of our brains,' writes Sarah, 'the elusive, individual nature of dreams is possibly the most magical element of human existence that remains.' Producer: Adele Armstrong Sound: Peter Bosher Production coordinator: Gemma Ashman Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith
2023-11-1710 minA Point of View
A Point of ViewThe Piano: A Lifetime of Wrong NotesSarah Dunant argues that the patriarchy of the classical music business is finally starting to change. Reliving her early relationship with music - from excruciating piano lessons to rebellious dancing in the mosh pit - Sarah reflects on the remarkable changes in classical music. Producer: Adele Armstrong Sound: Peter Bosher Production Coordinator: Gemma Ashman Editor: China Collins
2023-10-0610 minPadmi Hastuti
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2023-10-0500 minpencak kuntulan
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2023-08-2900 minA Point of View
A Point of ViewDonatello and a New RenaissanceSarah Dunant says the rediscovery of ideas from the past can help with 'the toxicity of the present'. Just as the Renaissance master Donatello drew from the classical world to create revolutionary art, so we can find a moment in history to inspire progress in our time. 'On the surface it seems like an impossible task' says Sarah, 'not least because like everything else in this angry, polarised moment, the past itself has been commandeered as a weapon...but the wonderful thing about ideas, is that while they can travel weightlessly through history, they still pack a...
2023-02-1709 minA Point of View
A Point of ViewBasic Instincts in the House of CommonsIn the aftermath of recent headlines coming out of the Commons, Sarah Dunant explores sexual equality through the ages. She looks in particular at the idea that 'women are temptresses who cannot - by definition of their sex - be trusted'. "So ingrained is this within Christian culture," Sarah writes, "that it defined attitudes towards women for millennia". Biblical accounts, renaissance sculpture, fairy tales and politics are all put under the spotlight. Producer: Adele Armstrong Sound: Peter Bosher Production Coordinator: Gemma Ashman Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith
2022-05-0610 minA Point of View
A Point of ViewEvery Picture Tells a Story"When war smashes its way into our living rooms as it did three weeks ago", writes Sarah Dunant, "it is pictures rather than words that hit hardest". Sarah discusses the impact of images from war through the centuries and the history they write. And she ponders which image from Putin's war will represent this moment in the future. Producer: Adele Armstrong Sound: Peter Bosher Production coordinator: Gemma Ashman Editor: Hugh Levinson
2022-03-1810 minA Point of View
A Point of ViewI Read the News Today, Oh BoyA junk shop, a wooden chest, and some old newspapers from 1941 get Sarah Dunant pondering how we can deal with a world turned upside down."The last time the world shook", Sarah writes, "there was an element of learned resilience". But today, she believes, most of us don't have the benefit of that.Producer: Adele Armstrong
2021-12-1009 minGet Latest Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+
Get Latest Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+[German] - Der Palast der Borgia (Ungekürzt) by Sarah DunantPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/574308to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Der Palast der Borgia (Ungekürzt) Author: Sarah Dunant Narrator: Anke Stoppa Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 23 minutes Release date: December 10, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: LGBTQ+ Publisher's Summary: Rom, im August 1492. Schon am frühen Morgen ächzt die Stadt unter der Gluthitze des Sommers. Der Lärm in der engen Gasse lässt Lucrezia aus dem Schlaf fahren. Kann es wahr sein, was der Bote schreit? Ihr Vater, Rodrigo Borgia, der neue Papst? Die Nachricht stellt Lucrezias Leben und das ihrer drei Brüder auf de...
2021-12-1010h 23Unlock Top Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Historical
Unlock Top Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Historical[German] - Der Palast der Borgia (Ungekürzt) by Sarah DunantPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/574308to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Der Palast der Borgia (Ungekürzt) Author: Sarah Dunant Narrator: Anke Stoppa Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 23 minutes Release date: December 10, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: Rom, im August 1492. Schon am frühen Morgen ächzt die Stadt unter der Gluthitze des Sommers. Der Lärm in der engen Gasse lässt Lucrezia aus dem Schlaf fahren. Kann es wahr sein, was der Bote schreit? Ihr Vater, Rodrigo Borgia, der neue Papst? Die Nachricht stellt Lucrezias Leben und das ihrer drei Brüder auf de...
2021-12-1010h 23A Point of View
A Point of ViewThe Year of Speaking Dangerously'There is a theory,' writes Sarah Dunant, 'that we needed to pull back from too much face-to-face conversation...because we had all got so damn angry with each other.' The past year has certainly put a stop to much conversation, angry or otherwise. Sarah imagines how conversation will be - once we're finally able to talk to each other again, face to face. Producer: Adele Armstrong
2021-03-1209 minA Point of View
A Point of ViewSacking the CapitolsSarah Dunant finds chilling parallels between recent events in Washington and the Sack of Rome in 1527. "Both seemed to feel," Sarah writes, "that whatever the threat, 'God's Holy City' or 'the seat of American democracy', were somehow, by their very nature, inviolate. I mean nobody would dare, would they?" Powerful first-hand accounts, the crowd fired up by wild stories and the use of new technology are all there. Producer: Adele Armstrong
2021-01-2909 minA Point of View
A Point of ViewConspiracy Theories and a Good Hair CutFacts have lost their meaning," writes Sarah Dunant. "In their place, belief has taken over." Sarah discusses QAnon, widening social divisions, and her conversations with her hairdresser. Producer: Adele Armstrong
2020-09-1810 minJim Foster: Conversations On The Coast
Jim Foster: Conversations On The CoastDunant: Sacred HeartsIn "Sacred Hearts," Author Sarah Dunant writes a novel set in the year 1570 during the Renaissance in which a sixteen-year-old Serafina is forced into the Italian convent of Santa Caterina. This discussion with the author took place on a 2009 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" originating in San Francisco, California.
2020-07-1218 minA Point of View
A Point of ViewFighting infection with imagination"As our physical reality is reduced down to a few rooms or a view from a window," writes Sarah Dunant, "our ability to conjure up things we're not able to experience is going to be vital to feed our imaginations." Sarah argues that - given social distancing - imagination is going to be an exceedingly powerful inner muscle when it comes to our mental survival. She offers us a few of her stand out images to get us started.Producer: Adele Armstrong
2020-03-2709 minA Point of View
A Point of ViewInhaling History"I am holding history in my hands," writes Sarah Dunant. "The date on the letter is February 1490...the place, the city of Mantua in Italy". As she delves through the Mantuan State Archive, Sarah reflects on the task of understanding and writing history.Producer: Adele Armstrong
2020-02-2109 minA Point of View
A Point of ViewAn Epidemic of History"We have been here before, many times" writes Sarah Dunant as she charts some key moments in history when the world has been gripped by fear over the spread of disease. From Columbus and the outbreak of syphilis in 1495, to cholera at Mecca in the 1860s ....and Wuhan today. She ponders what insights this present crisis might bring. Producer: Adele Armstrong
2020-02-1409 minA Point of View
A Point of ViewA Woman at the Last Supper"Finding, promoting and revaluing women artists through the ages", writes Sarah Dunant, "has been one of the great – albeit still ongoing – cultural success stories of our time". Sarah discusses the undervalued women of art who are being rediscovered in large numbers - and the very modern stories they tell. Producer: Adele Armstrong
2019-11-0810 minA Point of View
A Point of ViewAn evening at the Death Cafe"It is the most extraordinary thing about humans", writes Sarah Dunant, "that along with our - albeit limited - ability to prepare for an unknown future, we find it very hard to accept the unassailable fact of our own end". Sarah describes her experience talking with a group of strangers one evening at a Death Cafe.Producer: Adele Armstrong
2019-10-2510 minA Point of View
A Point of ViewSeptember AnxietyFor the September blues, writes Sarah Dunant, "usually time is the healer...you buckle down and get on with it...and by the end of October, things are on track for winter". But not, she thinks, this year. Sarah describes why she feels this year's September malaise has a different quality to it. Producer: Adele Armstrong.
2019-09-0609 minA Point of View
A Point of ViewLeaving Florence"It's well within living memory," writes Sarah Dunant, "that tourism and travel was a wondrous thing."But times have changed: "It feels as if every unnecessary journey we make now has the dull drumbeat of global fragility and climate change in the background."Sarah ponders where foreign travel goes from here. Producer: Adele Armstrong
2019-07-2609 minWhen Greeks Flew Kites
When Greeks Flew KitesBeyond ReasonThis month, Sarah Dunant looks at what history can tell us about irrationality. Conspiracy theories, anti-vaccination movements and climate change denial are modern examples of ideas that stubbornly cling on in the face of facts.Drawing on a range of historical moments, Sarah scrutinises the idea of the rational and irrational, showing that the boundary between the two is complicated.Ohio University’s Myrna Perez Sheldon describes a 1981 court case in Alabama which saw the muscle-flexing of a newly powerful Creationist movement, and one which blindsided liberal scientific consensus.Political theorist Hugo Drochon de...
2019-07-0227 minWhen Greeks Flew Kites
When Greeks Flew KitesConsider the Walrus: what can history tell us about the climate crisis?This month, Sarah Dunant looks to the past to help us think about the most pressing issue facing the world today - climate change. Although the problem is a relatively modern one, humans have been grappling with the damage that they inflict on the environment throughout history. Scientists and campaigners are calling for urgent measures to halt the climate and ecological crises. While history might not be able to solve those problems directly it can tell us something about why governments and leaders do take action. Alice Bell was a historian of science and now works for the climate...
2019-06-0427 minWhen Greeks Flew Kites
When Greeks Flew KitesFake HistoryThis month, Sarah Dunant explores the history of fake history.In March this year, the Christchurch attacker invoked a twisted interpretation of medieval history and the crusades to justify his terrorist attack on a mosque. In this programme, Dr Levi Roach contextualises the Battle of Tours, the historical event invoked by the Christchurch attacker, and explains how groups on the extremes, especially in the digital realm, are able to misuse and misrepresent history for their ideological ends. Fake history and contested narratives are nothing new. Since history has been recorded, the past has been massaged...
2019-05-0727 minA Point of View
A Point of ViewGet Mad, Then Get Over It!"While I would love to find a poetic way into this", writes Sarah Dunant, "I think it best just to spit it out. I'm angry. And I have been angry for quite a while now". Sarah says she doesn't see herself as an angry person - but wonders why aggression and outrage seem to have become so much part of our emotional diet. She proposes some solutions - including an National Anger Day - a great moment of catharsis to help us all be a little less....angry! Producer: Adele Armstrong
2019-04-2609 minWhen Greeks Flew Kites
When Greeks Flew KitesInto the WorldAt a moment when Brexit and our carbon footprints are prompting us to reassess what it means to move around the world, Sarah Dunant looks at the long history of travel and the ways it has enchanted and alarmed us across the centuries.The anxieties over young Tudor travellers returning radicalised from Catholic Europe was a phenomenon that gripped England after the break with Rome. Nandini Das argues that fears over travel helped to define a nation. Professor Eric Zuelow shows how the Nazi regime turned travel into a highly sophisticated propaganda tool, organising tours a...
2019-04-0227 minA Point of View
A Point of ViewWhere there's muck there's artSarah Dunant looks at the queasy relationship between art, finance and corruption. Recent protests by the photographer Nan Goldin and others over "dirty money" have hit the headlines. But Sarah argues that without some of this rather dubious funding, the art world would look very different. "What do you want", she asks. "A clean church and white walls? Because there's no doubt that without all of this lamentable corruption we would not have many of the greatest works of art the world has ever seen."Producer: Adele Armstrong
2019-03-2209 minWhen Greeks Flew Kites
When Greeks Flew KitesThe Shame GameShame is back. This month, Sarah Dunant delves into the long and deep history of shame, exploring how it has shaped our lives and behaviour at every point in history. Whether it’s thieves on display in the medieval stocks or the forcible head-shaving of French women suspected of fraternising with the Nazis, shame has always been at the centre of society’s attempts to regulate itself.But the potency of this most raw of emotions can sometimes prove a double-edged sword.Oxford Brookes' Professor David Nash explains how shaming rituals and "rough musi...
2019-03-0527 minWhen Greeks Flew Kites
When Greeks Flew KitesDeadlockSarah Dunant presents a monthly dive into stories from the past that might help us make sense of today. This month, as the gears of government grind to a standstill on both sides of the Atlantic, Sarah looks to historical deadlocks and the sometimes radical ways they were resolved. From the elder statesman called from his plough to become Rome’s first benign dictator, through the random selection of citizens resolving bitter conflicts in Imperial China, Medieval Florence and beyond, to the figure of St Hild the Anglo-Saxon woman whose grace in defeat sealed the fu...
2019-02-0527 minWhen Greeks Flew Kites
When Greeks Flew KitesSleep: A Third of Human HistorySarah Dunant presents a monthly dive into stories from the past that might help us make sense of today. This month, she examines sleep as a source of preoccupation and worry throughout history.Are you feeling tired? How many hours did you get last night? Feeling foggy with exhaustion? What about the leaders whose punishing schedules have them running up sleep debts of mammoth proportions? William Gladstone's detailed diaries recording his insomnia and its effects, are now historical artefacts. How might historians, fifty years from now, make use of Theresa May's crammed itinerary?These questions...
2019-01-0827 minWhen Greeks Flew Kites
When Greeks Flew KitesPoison: The Invisible AssassinSarah Dunant presents a monthly dive into stories from the past that might help us make sense of today. In this month's episode, Sarah looks at the use of poison in history.After a year that saw the poisoning of a former Russian spy in Salisbury, When Greeks Flew Kites focuses on how this deadly weapon leaves a trail of confusion, fear and doubt through the centuries. From the courts of Renaissance Europe, where rumours of poison spread like wildfire, to the new science but thorny old problem of proof in 19th and 20th century murder trials...
2018-12-0427 minCity Breaks
City BreaksFlorence Episode 19 Literary FlorenceFlorence Episode 19 Literary Florence The final episode on Florence focuses on a selection of the many literary writings connected to the city, beginning with the Tuscan writers Petrarch and Boccacio and the English poets Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Then four novels set in Florence are covered:Irving Stone’s biographical novel about Michelangelo,The Agony and the Ecstasy, Galileo’s Daughter by Dava Sobel, E M Forster’s A Room with a View and finally Sarah Dunant’s The Birth of Venus, a vivid imagining of the life of a 15 year-old cloth merchant's daughter, which paints a...
2018-11-2528 minWhen Greeks Flew Kites
When Greeks Flew KitesPromises, PromisesSarah Dunant presents a monthly dive into stories from the past that might help us make sense of today. This month, as Theresa May‘s Brexit negotiations approach crunch point, Sarah examines promises throughout history, how they bound rulers and their people, and the bitter consequences when they were broken. From the ambitious pledges that return to haunt Ethelred the Unready in the 10th century, to the trust-based oaths sworn by Swedish monarchs in front of their subjects, Sarah traces the litany of promises made through the centuries and exposes the paradoxes and tensions that plague our le...
2018-11-0627 minWhen Greeks Flew Kites
When Greeks Flew KitesThe Dating GameHistorical novelist Sarah Dunant presents a monthly dive into stories from the past that might help us make sense of today. In this month's episode, the complex task of dating. Sarah's going behind closed doors to eavesdrop on the most intimate of exchanges. She scrutinises moments in history when the rules of the dating game have been rewritten. From the male-centric ideals of courtly-love at the heart of medieval poetry to the uneasy collision of dating and the gender politics of the 1970s, Sarah examines the ways men and women have related to each other in this...
2018-10-0427 minA Point of View
A Point of ViewThe Conundrum of Inheritance TaxSarah Dunant on her uneasy conundrum over inheritance tax. "Like most intelligent beings", Sarah writes, "I'm passionate about addressing climate change for future generations. But my urgency of commitment also comes from an attachment to one in particular - the next". The desire to hand something on has always been with us, but it raises big moral dilemmas. Producer: Adele Armstrong.
2018-07-1309 minDownload Best Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+
Download Best Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+Book of Colours by Robyn CadwalladerPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/545067to listen full audiobooks. Title: Book of Colours Author: Robyn Cadwallader Narrator: Katy Sobey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 36 minutes Release date: June 6, 2018 Genres: LGBTQ+ Publisher's Summary: From Robyn Cadwallader, author of the internationally acclaimed novel The Anchoress, comes a deeply profound and moving novel of the importance of creativity and the power of connection, told through the story of the commissioning of a gorgeously decorated medieval manuscript, a Book of Hours. London, 1321: In a small shop in Paternoster Row, three people are drawn together around the creation of a magnificent book, an illuminated...
2018-06-0612h 36When Greeks Flew Kites
When Greeks Flew KitesBeyond Your CommandIn this monthly series, broadcaster and acclaimed historical novelist Sarah Dunant, delves into the past to help frame the present, bringing to life worlds that span the centuries.Following the Parklands shooting in America and the eruption of protest and political engagement by its schoolchildren, Sarah Dunant explores moments in history when children have challenged adult authority, assumed their own voice, and changed the world around them.From the 17th century French teenagers taking on their superiors on trade missions in the Ottoman Empire to the South African schoolchildren whose resistance and protest would prove...
2018-03-2532 minOurshelves
OurshelvesSarah DunantThis month, Sarah Dunant joins us to discuss In the Name of the Family, which we have just published in paperback. Conjuring up the past in all its complexity, horror and pleasures, In The Name of the Family confirms Sarah Dunant's place as the leading novelist of the Renaissance and one of the most acclaimed historical fiction writers of our age. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2018-03-2227 minWhen Greeks Flew Kites
When Greeks Flew KitesThe DealIn this monthly series, broadcaster and acclaimed historical novelist Sarah Dunant, delves into the past to help frame the present, bringing to life worlds that span the centuries. Taking a different modern day anxiety, hope or idea as its starting point each month, the series considers how certain questions are constant, yet also change their shape over time. Sarah celebrates the role of imagination in History and History as a discipline is at the heart of the programme, showing how historians are continually changing the questions they ask of the past.The programme takes its...
2018-02-2735 minWhen Greeks Flew Kites
When Greeks Flew KitesResistIn this monthly series, broadcaster and acclaimed historical novelist Sarah Dunant, delves into the past to help frame the present, bringing to life worlds that span the centuries. This month Sarah is looking at antibiotic resistance. As health professions working today consider how to tackle a looming crisis, Sarah's historians look to the past for lessons that may help us cope with a world where diseases we thought were curable are back in existence. Sarah and guests examine how history shows us that diseases can pose a challenge not only to our health but to society because...
2018-02-0927 minWhen Greeks Flew Kites
When Greeks Flew KitesThis Old YearIn this final episode of 2017, broadcaster and acclaimed historical novelist Sarah Dunant, delves into the past to help frame moments from the year, as picked by historians, bringing to life worlds that span the centuries.From the East India Company in the 17th Century to corporate power in the White House of 2017; from the second coming of the Ku Klux Klan and an immigration ban in 1920, via fake news in 17th century France to an Irish history lesson that's become vital in this month's Brexit negotiations.The programme takes its name from the industrialist Henry...
2017-12-3127 minWhen Greeks Flew Kites
When Greeks Flew KitesSpeaking OutIn this monthly series, broadcaster and acclaimed historical novelist Sarah Dunant, delves into the past to help frame the present, bringing to life worlds that span the centuries. Taking a different modern day anxiety, hope or idea as its starting point each month, the series considers how certain questions are constant, yet also change their shape over time.This month, as waves of accusations about sexual harassment and abuse continue to swell, Sarah looks at times in history when women have spoken out about male behaviour, the demands the women made, and their struggles to effect change.
2017-11-3027 minWhen Greeks Flew Kites
When Greeks Flew KitesEpisode 4A monthly series in which broadcaster and acclaimed historical novelist Sarah Dunant delves into the past to help frame the present, bringing to life worlds that span the centuries. Taking modern day anxieties as its starting point, the programme considers how certain questions are constant, yet also change their shape over time.This month, Sarah delves into history to find some answers to the age old question of old age. At a time when lengthening life-expectancy brings increasing pressure on our modern society and the older generation searches for a place within it, she looks at the...
2017-10-3127 minWhen Greeks Flew Kites
When Greeks Flew KitesIOUA monthly series in which broadcaster and acclaimed historical novelist Sarah Dunant delves into the past to help frame the present, bringing to life worlds that span the centuries. Taking modern day anxieties as its starting point, the programme considers how certain questions are constant, yet also change their shape over time. This month, Sarah is plunging into the world of personal debt. As present-day concerns rise about ever-increasing levels of consumer borrowing and the individual's vulnerability to predatory lenders, Sarah explores the complex history of debt, the opportunity and the risk it has represented...
2017-09-2428 minWhen Greeks Flew Kites
When Greeks Flew KitesTake it to the BrinkA monthly series in which broadcaster and acclaimed historical novelist Sarah Dunant delves into the past to help frame the present, bringing to life worlds that span the centuries.Taking modern day anxieties as its starting point, the programme considers how certain questions are constant, yet also change their shape over time. This month, Sarah takes us to the brink - to moments where leaders are willing to cross the ultimate line. She'll be asking what happens when the enemy you're negotiating with has nothing to lose, and questioning whether the threat of apocalypse can...
2017-08-3028 minWhen Greeks Flew Kites
When Greeks Flew KitesGenerational BreakdownIn this new monthly series, broadcaster and acclaimed historical novelist Sarah Dunant, delves into the past to help frame the present, bringing to life worlds that span the centuries. Taking modern day anxieties as its starting point, the series considers how certain questions are constant, yet also change their shape over time. Sarah celebrates the role of imagination in History and History as a discipline is at the heart of the programme, showing how historians are continually changing the questions they ask of the past.The programme takes its name from the industrialist Henry Ford...
2017-07-3029 minStart the Week
Start the WeekChristianity: Luther's LegacyOn Start the Week Andrew Marr looks back 500 years to the moment Martin Luther challenged the power and authority of the Catholic Church. Peter Stanford brings to light the character of this lowly born German monk in a new biography. Prior to Luther, for a thousand years the Catholic Church had been one of the greatest powers on earth, but in her study of the Italian Renaissance the writer Sarah Dunant reveals how bloated, corrupt and complacent it had become. Dunant also explores the role of the Church in the home, in a new exhibition...
2017-04-1041 minDiscover Top Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+
Discover Top Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+In the Name of the Family: A Novel by Sarah DunantPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284721to listen full audiobooks. Title: In the Name of the Family: A Novel Author: Sarah Dunant Narrator: Nicholas Boulton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 11 minutes Release date: March 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: LGBTQ+ Publisher's Summary: Before the Corleones, before the Lannisters, there were the Borgias. One of history’s notorious families comes to life in a captivating novel from the author of The Birth of Venus. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY COSMOPOLITAN (UK) AND THE TIMES (UK) “In the end, what’s a historical novelist’s obligatio...
2017-03-072h 11Explore New Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Historical
Explore New Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalIn the Name of the Family: A Novel by Sarah DunantPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284721to listen full audiobooks. Title: In the Name of the Family: A Novel Author: Sarah Dunant Narrator: Nicholas Boulton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 11 minutes Release date: March 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: Before the Corleones, before the Lannisters, there were the Borgias. One of history’s notorious families comes to life in a captivating novel from the author of The Birth of Venus. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY COSMOPOLITAN (UK) AND THE TIMES (UK) “In the end, what’s a historical novelist’s obligatio...
2017-03-072h 11A Point of View
A Point of ViewThe Power of the PenOn a visit to her local flea market in Florence, Sarah Dunant stumbles across a love letter. The date: November 1918. There's the challenge of the Italian of course....but the biggest hurdle, she says, was the handwriting. It was "as if a conscientious ant had climbed out of the ink pot and then wound its way across every millimetre of the page".Admiring the tiny handwriting with hardly any space between the lines, Sarah reflects on the modern day demise of handwriting. "Regimented key strokes in various type fonts" are no substitute, she argues, for...
2016-04-2909 minGreat Lives
Great LivesNancy Dell'Olio chooses the life of Lucrezia BorgiaNancy Dell'Olio champions Lucrezia Borgia, a Renaissance woman who was much maligned.Lucrezia Borgia was the Pope's daughter and, over the centuries, her name has been a byword for poison, incest and intrigue. Novels, television series, plays and an opera have been written about her. But was she just a victim of malicious gossip that vastly exaggerated her actual misdeeds?Nancy Dell'Olio explains why she identifies with Lucrezia Borgia and with the help of historian Sarah Dunant attempts to debunk some of the myths.Produced by Perminder Khatkar.First broadcast on...
2016-04-2127 minA Point of View
A Point of ViewWhen Is Enough Enough?Sarah Dunant takes an historical look at avarice. She argues that the revelations in the Panama Papers are just the latest proof that man's greed is woven into the human psyche. Dante gave it a harder time than lust...two centuries later, it's one of Machiavelli's central themes and many of the greatest works of art exist only because they were paid for by rich, often corrupt, figures, many within the church. And - Sarah asks - aren't many of us, to some extent, guilty? Can any of us really say that when it comes...
2016-04-1509 minA Point of View
A Point of ViewSarah Dunant: Protest, Paris, TerrorSarah Dunant reflects on the nature of protest against the threat of terrorism and the threat of climate change and their coming together in the city of Paris."How do we find a sense of potency in the face of terror, how do we embrace life when threatened with death, how do we champion our future against those who claim they will just carry on dying until they win? Perhaps what is needed is mental as much as military action." Producer: Sheila Cook.
2015-12-0409 minA Point of View
A Point of ViewSarah Dunant: Crisis in CatholicismSarah Dunant sees a new crisis in the Catholic church as a result of unchanged policy over divorce, homosexuality, celibacy and the role of women. "Men may truly believe in God but for most of them chastity is too big an ask and if enforced leads, at worst, to abuse and at best to a clergy and hierarchy ignorant of, and often unsympathetic to, the problems of being human. From there it's but a skip and a jump to the role of women and their exclusion from the heart of the church."Producer: Sheila Cook.
2015-11-2010 minFront Row: Archive 2014
Front Row: Archive 2014Brad Pitt; Moroni; Anthony HorowitzDamian Barr talks to Brad Pitt about his World War II film, Fury.Anthony Horowitz on his new Sherlock Holmes novel, Moriarty.Robert Webb and Miles Jupp on performing completely wet on stage in Neville's Island.And Sarah Dunant discusses the Royal Academy exhibition of the Renaissance portrait painter, Moroni.
2014-10-2028 minFront Row: Archive 2014
Front Row: Archive 2014Clive James, Effie Gray, Selfie, Niven GovindenClive James talks to Samira Ahmed about his new publication Poetry Notebook 2006-2014, in which he presents a distillation of all he's learned about the art form that matters to him most; Sarah Dunant reviews Emma Thompson and Dakota Fanning in new film Effie Gray about the life of the Victorian art critic and painter John Ruskin; playwright Brad Birch on his new production, Selfie, an update on Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray; and Niven Govinden on his novel All the Days and NightsProducer Jerome Weatherald.
2014-10-0628 minFront Row: Archive 2014
Front Row: Archive 2014Smokey Robinson; Lenny Henry; Before I Go to Sleep; SecretsWith John Wilson.Smokey Robinson (Tracks of My Tears, Being With You, Tears of a Clown) was once pronounced by Bob Dylan as America's greatest living poet. Smokey talks to John about his new CD of duets with Elton John, Mary J Blige and Jessie J. Before I Go to Sleep was a huge bestseller as a novel in 2011. The film adaptation opens this week with Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman and Mark Strong. Sarah Dunant reviews.Lenny Henry talks about bringing Radio 4 sitcom Rudy's Rare Records to the stage in Birmingham, as well...
2014-09-0128 minDiscover the Best Audio Stories in Fiction, LGBTQ+
Discover the Best Audio Stories in Fiction, LGBTQ+The Miniaturist: A Novel by Jessie BurtonPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/217554to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Miniaturist: A Novel Author: Jessie Burton Narrator: Davina Porter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 18 minutes Release date: August 26, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.22 of Total 23 Ratings of Narrator: 4.64 of Total 11 Genres: LGBTQ+ Publisher's Summary: Now a television miniseries, as seen on Masterpiece on PBS Set in seventeenth century Amsterdam—a city ruled by glittering wealth and oppressive religion—a masterful debut steeped in atmosphere and shimmering with mystery, in the tradition of Emma Donoghue, Sarah Waters, and Sarah Dunant. ”There is nothing hidden that will not be revealed . . .“ On a brisk...
2014-08-261h 18Listen to Best Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Historical
Listen to Best Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalThe Miniaturist: A Novel by Jessie BurtonPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/217554to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Miniaturist: A Novel Author: Jessie Burton Narrator: Davina Porter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 18 minutes Release date: August 26, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.22 of Total 23 Ratings of Narrator: 4.64 of Total 11 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: Now a television miniseries, as seen on Masterpiece on PBS Set in seventeenth century Amsterdam—a city ruled by glittering wealth and oppressive religion—a masterful debut steeped in atmosphere and shimmering with mystery, in the tradition of Emma Donoghue, Sarah Waters, and Sarah Dunant. ”There is nothing hidden that will not be revealed . . .“ On a brisk...
2014-08-261h 18Harper Audio Presents
Harper Audio PresentsTHE MINIATURIST by Jessie BurtonJessie Burton discusses her new book THE MINIATURIST (HarperCollins, August 26, 2014) with Producer Erin Wicks from @HarperAudio_US. The episode also includes an excerpt from the audio edition featuring the voice of Davina Porter. ABOUT THE BOOK Set in seventeenth century Amsterdam—a city ruled by glittering wealth and oppressive religion—a masterful debut steeped in atmosphere and shimmering with mystery, in the tradition of Emma Donoghue, Sarah Waters, and Sarah Dunant. ”There is nothing hidden that will not be revealed . . .“ On a brisk autumn day in 1686, eighteen-year-old Nella Oortman arrives in Amsterdam to begin a new life as the wife of illus...
2014-08-2500 minFront Row: Archive 2014
Front Row: Archive 2014Milos Karadaglic, Jamaica Inn; Rachel KushnerKirsty Lang discusses a TV adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's Jamaica Inn with novelist Sarah Dunant.Chart topping classical guitarist Milos Karadaglic talks about reinterpreating Rodrigo's famous guitar concerto, which he is touring around the country.Dr Jason Dittmer reviews Andrew Garfield in The Amazing Spider-Man 2.And The Flame Throwers author Rachel Kushner on her debut novel Telex from Cuba, which is being published in the UK for the first time.
2014-04-1528 minA Point of View
A Point of ViewA Disease Called FameSarah Dunant reflects on fame and the cult of celebrity following the recent success of the film "20 feet from Stardom".The film about backing singers - the unsung heroes of pop music - scooped best documentary at the Oscars. Sarah discusses how celebrity culture has given us a society where the dream is no longer to be the backing singer, but to take centre stage. "Andy Warhol" she writes "with his fifteen minutes of fame, has turned out to be a prophet as much as an artist".But "in a world where everyone wants to...
2014-03-2810 minFind Best-Selling Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+
Find Best-Selling Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+Blood & Beauty: The Borgias; A Novel by Sarah DunantPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/179649to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blood & Beauty: The Borgias; A Novel Author: Sarah Dunant Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 36 minutes Release date: July 16, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: LGBTQ+ Publisher's Summary: NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY KIRKUS REVIEWS The New York Times bestselling author of the acclaimed Italian Renaissance novels—The Birth of Venus, In the Company of the Courtesan, and Sacred Hearts—has an exceptional talent for breathing life into history. Now Sarah Dunant turns her discerning eye to o...
2013-07-165h 36Listen to Trending Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Historical
Listen to Trending Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalBlood & Beauty: The Borgias; A Novel by Sarah DunantPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/179649to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blood & Beauty: The Borgias; A Novel Author: Sarah Dunant Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 36 minutes Release date: July 16, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY KIRKUS REVIEWS The New York Times bestselling author of the acclaimed Italian Renaissance novels—The Birth of Venus, In the Company of the Courtesan, and Sacred Hearts—has an exceptional talent for breathing life into history. Now Sarah Dunant turns her discerning eye to o...
2013-07-165h 36A Point of View
A Point of ViewA Sporting CatharsisAs Britain basks in post-Wimbledon glory, amid the Ashes, Sarah Dunant reflects on how sport has - throughout history - been used by the authorities to help populations let off steam.In Florence, in the late 1500s, townspeople played a form of football that allowed them to wrestle, punch and immobilize their opponents in any way they liked. Venice had a spectacularly violent sport of bridge-fighting where opposing teams "armed with sticks...dipped in boiling oil beat the hell out of each other".Civic sporting therapy - past and present - has for centuries, Sarah...
2013-07-1209 minA Point of View
A Point of ViewGender MattersAt a party to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the feminist press Virago last week, writes Sarah Dunant, the current head of the company told the story of how one night she asked one of Virago's founders why she had started the company. "To change the world of course" was the reply.Forty years on, Sarah, a Virago author herself, wonders just how much Virago has changed the world.She talks about how, a few weeks ago, as she waited for an hour in the studio of the Today Programme to be interviewed for a...
2013-07-0509 minStart the Week
Start the WeekFamily Secrets: Sarah Dunant and Deborah CohenOn Start the Week Andrew Marr begins the new year talking about lies and secrets, and the increasing blurring of public and private. Deborah Cohen charts family secrets and shame from the Victorian times to the present day, while Sarah Dunant and TV producer Alex Graham discuss how confession became entertainment, and the psychoanalyst Stephen Grosz listens to the hidden feelings of his patients. Producer: Katy Hickman.
2013-01-0941 minA Point of View
A Point of ViewPresenting the PastSarah Dunant reflects on the role of history in society - and how it changes over time. Research and archaeology, as well as the views of the times in which historians live, change their perception of the past. Dunant also asks what historical fiction takes from academic study - and what it, in turn, can teach those who study the past. She also asks whether the humanities are as valued as they should be. Do we underrate them at our peril? Producer Rosamund Jones.
2012-10-0510 minA Point of View
A Point of ViewMouthing Off"For moneyed Americans", writes Sarah Dunant "perfect dentistry is a matter of course". For Europeans- and she counts herself within that number - the situation is rather different!Sarah takes a sideways look at teeth through the ages...and dentistry in times of austerity. And for those whose chief loathing is a mouthful of shining American teeth, she offers hope. "Yaeba", the latest craze to hit Japan where young fashonista girls are getting their teeth cosmetically altered to appear more crooked!Producer Adele Armstrong.
2012-09-2810 minA Point of View
A Point of ViewSweet charity"Much of what some would call my eccentric wardrobe derives from charity shops...By temperament, I'm a historian and the sense of an object with a provenance somehow ties me more securely to the present" writes Sarah Dunant.As she rummages for bargains in her local charity shop, Sarah reflects on the history of charity shops and their growing importance in times of austerity.Producer Adele Armstrong.
2012-09-2109 minA Point of View
A Point of ViewIn Search of PrizesAs the Man Booker shortlist is published, Sarah Dunant explores how new writers and readers find each other. "While an unhappy 19th century Russian marriage which leads to a fatal adulterous affair may be irresistible to one reader" she writes, "a man who wakes up as a beetle may be what presses the button of another. That is both the wonder and nightmare of selling novels". Sarah explores how - in the "brutal climate" facing the publishing industry (with the onslaught of supermarket and internet price wars) - literary prizes provide a much needed boost...
2012-09-1410 minThoroughly Good Classical Music Podcast
Thoroughly Good Classical Music PodcastPosessions and happiness debater Sarah Dunant talks about how her silver shoes make her happy #r3freethinking
2010-11-0602 minInheritance Tracks
Inheritance TracksSarah DunantSarah Dunant:You Make Me Feel So Young-Frank Sinatra;Surge Illuminare Jerusalem-Palestrina
2010-02-0607 minInheritance Tracks: Inheritance Tracks 2008-2011
Inheritance Tracks: Inheritance Tracks 2008-2011Sarah DunantSarah Dunant:You Make Me Feel So Young-Frank Sinatra;Surge Illuminare Jerusalem-Palestrina
2010-02-0607 minListen Legally to Most Popular Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Historical
Listen Legally to Most Popular Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalSacred Hearts Audiobook by Sarah DunantPlease visit https://fashabooks.com/aff/fashabooks/1577 to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Sacred Hearts Subtitle: A Novel Author: Sarah Dunant Narrator: Rosalyn Landor Format: Unabridged Length: 15 hrs Language: English Release date: 08-03-09 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 165 votes Genres: Fiction, Historical Publisher's Summary: Ripped by her family from an illicit love affair, 16-year-old Serafina is willful, emotional, sharp, and defiant - young enough to have a life to look forward to and old enough to know when that life is being cut short. Her first night inside the walls is spent...
2009-08-0304 minDiscover Top Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+
Discover Top Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+Sacred Hearts: A Novel by Sarah DunantPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284585to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sacred Hearts: A Novel Author: Sarah Dunant Narrator: Rosalyn Landor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 14, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: LGBTQ+ Publisher's Summary: The year is 1570, and in the convent of Santa Caterina, in the Italian city of Ferrara, noblewomen find space to pursue their lives under God’s protection. But any community, however smoothly run, suffers tremors when it takes in someone by force. And the arrival of Santa Caterina’s new novice sets in motion a chain of events that will shak...
2009-07-143h 00Explore New Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Historical
Explore New Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalSacred Hearts: A Novel by Sarah DunantPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284585to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sacred Hearts: A Novel Author: Sarah Dunant Narrator: Rosalyn Landor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 14, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: The year is 1570, and in the convent of Santa Caterina, in the Italian city of Ferrara, noblewomen find space to pursue their lives under God’s protection. But any community, however smoothly run, suffers tremors when it takes in someone by force. And the arrival of Santa Caterina’s new novice sets in motion a chain of events that will shak...
2009-07-143h 00London Review Bookshop Podcast
London Review Bookshop PodcastWolf Hall and Sacred Hearts - Hilary Mantel and Sarah DunantSarah Dunant and Hilary Mantel read from Sacred Hearts and Wolf Hall, their respective latest novels, and discussed the particular challenges of writing historical novels and the importance of research with Joanna Bourke, Professor of History at Birkbeck College. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2009-06-301h 27Bookclub
BookclubSarah DunantJames Naughtie and an audience of readers discuss Sarah Dunant's The Birth of Venus, an erotic thriller set in Renaissance Florence.
2008-02-0327 minThe Seattle Public Library
The Seattle Public LibrarySarah Dunant: 'In the Company of the Courtesan'Bestselling author Sarah Dunant read from "In the Company of the Courtesan" on Friday, Feb. 23, at the Central Library. Dunant's historical novel, set in Renaissance Italy, recounts the escapades of the wily dwarf Bucino Teodoldo and his mistress, celebrated courtesan Fiammetta Bianchini.
2007-03-1900 minDownload High-Quality Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+
Download High-Quality Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+In the Company of the Courtesan: A Novel by Sarah DunantPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/160174to listen full audiobooks. Title: In the Company of the Courtesan: A Novel Author: Sarah Dunant Narrator: Stephen Hoye Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 56 minutes Release date: February 28, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: LGBTQ+ Publisher's Summary: My lady, Fiammetta Bianchini, was plucking her eyebrows and biting color into her lips when the unthinkable happened and the Holy Roman Emperor’s army blew a hole in the wall of God’s eternal city, letting in a flood of half-starved, half-crazed troops bent on pillage and punishment. Thus begins In t...
2006-02-281h 56Listen to Trending Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Historical
Listen to Trending Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalIn the Company of the Courtesan: A Novel by Sarah DunantPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/160174to listen full audiobooks. Title: In the Company of the Courtesan: A Novel Author: Sarah Dunant Narrator: Stephen Hoye Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 56 minutes Release date: February 28, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: My lady, Fiammetta Bianchini, was plucking her eyebrows and biting color into her lips when the unthinkable happened and the Holy Roman Emperor’s army blew a hole in the wall of God’s eternal city, letting in a flood of half-starved, half-crazed troops bent on pillage and punishment. Thus begins In t...
2006-02-281h 56Listen to New Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense
Listen to New Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, SuspenseIn the Company of the Courtesan: A Novel by Sarah DunantPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/160174 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In the Company of the Courtesan: A Novel Author: Sarah Dunant Narrator: Stephen Hoye Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 56 minutes Release date: February 28, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: My lady, Fiammetta Bianchini, was plucking her eyebrows and biting color into her lips when the unthinkable happened and the Holy Roman Emperor’s army blew a hole in the wall of God’s eternal city, letting in a flood of half-starved, half-crazed troops bent on pillage and punishment. Thus begi...
2006-02-2810 min