Robert Gildea
Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford
5 episodes
Covers topics in categories such as:
CulturePhilosophers of lawNovels first published in serial formCensored booksUniversity of Paris alumniWriters from ParisFrench Roman CatholicsNatural law ethicistsFrench political philosophersMembers of the Académie FrançaiseFrench male non-fiction writersFrench philosophers of cultureFrench philosophers of historyFrench sociologistsHistorians of the French Revolution19th-century French philosophersNovels about adulteryFemale characters in literatureKnights of the Legion of HonourFrench novels adapted into filmsHistoryFrench political scientists19th-century French male writersEconomic sociologistsFrench political writersLiberty symbolsNational personificationsFrench novels adapted into operasRealist novelsNovels about suicideNovels set in 19th-century France
Tocqueville: Democracy in America
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Alexis de Tocqueville and his study of the American democratic system, written as an example to France of how democracy might develop there.
22 March 2018
Also featuring: Susan-Mary Grant, Jeremy Jennings
HistoryFrench political scientists19th-century French male writersPhilosophers of lawEconomic sociologistsFrench Roman CatholicsNatural law ethicistsFrench sociologistsMembers of the Académie FrançaiseFrench male non-fiction writersUniversity of Paris alumniWriters from ParisHistorians of the French Revolution19th-century French philosophersFrench political writersFrench philosophers of cultureFrench philosophers of historyKnights of the Legion of HonourFrench political philosophersThe Statue of Liberty
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Statue of Liberty, given by France to America as a token of revolutionary kinship.
14 February 2008
Also featuring: Kathleen Burk, John Keane
Madame Bovary
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the literary sensation caused by the trial for indecency of Gustave Flaubert's novel Madame Bovary.
12 July 2007
Also featuring: Andy Martin, Mary Orr