Episode 228 - Antonia Senior Interview

About this episode

The episode features an interview with book critic Antonia Senior discussing her love for Patrick O'Brian and historical fiction.

We're taking a break from The Mauritius Command to bring you a guest interview with Antonia Senior. Antonia is a book critic at The Times, as well as a writer, podcaster and journalist. But before she was any of those things, she was a Patrick O’Brian fan, and we had a great time talking to her about historical fiction, what makes O'Brian such a standout, and which other authors come close. With a little chat about espionage on the side!

People in this episode

Hosts: Mike, Ian

Guest: Antonia Senior

Topics covered

• interview
• historical fiction
• book criticism
• Patrick O'Brian
• espionage

Keywords

• Antonia Senior
• Patrick O'Brian
• historical fiction
• book critic
• The Times
• espionage

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Times

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