Lord Mervyn King and Arabella Weir

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.