A review of The Castrato and His Wife in the Wall Street Journal has sparked a row among readers over the Catholic Church’s involvement in the castration of boys for church choirs. Read more
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28th March 2012 – Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival
The Castrato and His Wife Launches in the USA
January 2012 – ‘A gifted historian with a great story to tell’ – Washington Post…read more
The Castrato and His Wife – reviewed in History Today
Read Mary Laven’s review of The Castrato and His Wife in History Today http://www.historytoday.com/blog/2011/11/castrato-and-his-wife
The Castrato and His Wife – Longlisted for ‘Book of the Year’
The Castrato and His Wife has been longlisted for the Longman/History Today ‘Book of the Year’. http://www.historytoday.com/blog/2011/11/longman-history-today-book-year-longlist
Book of the Week
The Castrato and His Wife is Radio 4’s ‘Book of the Week’, starting Monday 3 October. Read by Greta Scacchi and broadcast daily at 9.45am, repeated at 00.30am. For schedule and podcasts see: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qftk/episodes/upcoming
Voices from the Old Bailey
Listen again to Voices from the Old Bailey, presented by Amanda Vickery. In Programme 2, ‘Sexual Subcultures’, she talks to Helen Berry Continue reading Voices from the Old Bailey
Book of the Week
The Castrato and His Wife will be Book of the Week on Radio 4, week commencing 3rd October 2011. Continue reading Book of the Week