Lucy Hughes-Hallett picks her favourite long books

The cultural historian chooses works by Charles Dickens, Eleanor Catton and others

Lucy Hughes-Hallett
Hughes-Hallett's latest book charts the rise and fall of George Villiers, the first Duke of Buckingham
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The award-winning cultural historian and novelist chooses her favourite long books. Her latest book, "The Scapegoat", a biography of the first Duke of Buckingham, is out now.

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