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Books recommended by Bettany Hughes
English popular historian, author, and broadcaster
English popular historian, author, and broadcaster. Their picks here come from 2 Five Books interviews, on Divine Women and Fiction.
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This is a selection of sourced recommendations, not a complete list of everything Bettany Hughes has read or praised. How we choose.
Recommendations
Books Bettany Hughes recommends
11 books from 2 sources. Each one links to the place where Bettany recommended it.
The best books on Divine Women
Five Books interview in which Bettany Hughes chooses and discusses five books.
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Ancient Goddesses
Explicit recommendationOne of five picks in the 2012 Five Books interview “The best books on Divine Women”.
The best books on Divine Women Interviewfivebooks.com
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Portrait of a Priestess
Explicit recommendationOne of five picks in the 2012 Five Books interview “The best books on Divine Women”.
The best books on Divine Women Interviewfivebooks.com
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If Not, Winter
Explicit recommendationOne of five picks in the 2012 Five Books interview “The best books on Divine Women”.
Listed in the source as “If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho”.
The best books on Divine Women Interviewfivebooks.com
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Byzantium
Explicit recommendationOne of five picks in the 2012 Five Books interview “The best books on Divine Women”.
The best books on Divine Women Interviewfivebooks.com
The Best Fiction Books
Five Books interview in which Bettany Hughes chooses and discusses six books.
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Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Explicit recommendationOne of six picks in the 2019 Five Books interview “The Best Fiction Books”.
The Best Fiction Books Interviewfivebooks.com
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Celestial Bodies
Explicit recommendationOne of six picks in the 2019 Five Books interview “The Best Fiction Books”.
The Best Fiction Books Interviewfivebooks.com
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The Years
Explicit recommendationOne of six picks in the 2019 Five Books interview “The Best Fiction Books”.
The Best Fiction Books Interviewfivebooks.com
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The Pine Islands
Explicit recommendationOne of six picks in the 2019 Five Books interview “The Best Fiction Books”.
The Best Fiction Books Interviewfivebooks.com
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The Shape of the Ruins
Explicit recommendationOne of six picks in the 2019 Five Books interview “The Best Fiction Books”.
The Best Fiction Books Interviewfivebooks.com
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The Remainder
Explicit recommendationOne of six picks in the 2019 Five Books interview “The Best Fiction Books”.
The Best Fiction Books Interviewfivebooks.com
Written by Bettany Hughes
Books Bettany Hughes wrote
Their most-published books, from Open Library. These are books they wrote, not recommendations.
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