Bonus Friday Episode: Secret Old Buildings; Trollope; and a Gothic Glossary

About this episode

Gretel le Maître explores beauty and curiosities in life through discussions on history, art, and architecture.

Send us Fan Mail Support the show Gretel le Maître likes to look for the beauty and curiosities in life, one day at a time. She shares with you snippets from books about history, art and literature and regularly takes you on adventures to new locations, to explore churches, cathedrals and architecture. Gretel invites you to accompany her as she navigates the world a day at a time; the podcast is unscripted, it’s ad-free. Gretel loves the world and history, architecture, ...

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Host: Gretel le Maître

Topics covered

• architecture
• history
• literature
• art
• exploration

Keywords

• Gretel le Maître
• Trollope
• Gothic
• architecture
• history
• literature

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Trollope, Gothic Glossary

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