Anne Sebba

20 Podcast Episodes

Anne Sebba - biographer : talks about her book about Ethel Rosenberg who was executed for supposed espionage in 1953 and Wallis Simpson who brought about the abdication of the king in 1936.

Anne Sebba - biographer : talks about her book about Ethel Rosenberg who was executed for supposed espionage in 1953 and Wallis Simpson who brought about the abdication of the king in 1936.

Anne Sebba is a master of the biographers art. In this conversation she talks about two of her books. Ethel Rosenberg wa... Read more

The Truth about Wallis Simpson: Socialites, Spies, and Anne Sebba

The Truth about Wallis Simpson: Socialites, Spies, and Anne Sebba

Wallis Simpson divided a nation and continues to divide opinion. I'm joined by Anne Sebba, author of the acclaimed Simps... Read more

12 Aug 2022

43mins

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Episode 10: Anne Sebba - Writing Biographies of Controversial Women

Episode 10: Anne Sebba - Writing Biographies of Controversial Women

This week's guest is Anne Sebba who lives in London. She spends on average five years researching and writing her biogra... Read more

12 May 2022

25mins

Anne Sebba

Anne Sebba

Les Parisiennes 1939-49How did the women of Paris live, love and die in the 1940s? Why did some Parisians collaborate wh... Read more

16 Mar 2022

54mins

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Anne Sebba on Ethel Rosenberg's Early Days

Anne Sebba on Ethel Rosenberg's Early Days

In this episode of Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady, Anne Sebba joins Roxanne to discuss her new book, Ethel Rosen... Read more

9 Sep 2021

57mins

BETRAYAL: Anne Sebba on Ethel Rosenberg

BETRAYAL: Anne Sebba on Ethel Rosenberg

At the height of the Cold War, Ethel Rosenberg  was the first woman in America to be electrocuted for a crime other than... Read more

26 Aug 2021

1hr 2mins

150 years of female GPs. Chief Constable of the British Transport Police Lucy D’Orsi. Anne Sebba on US spy Ethel Rosenberg.

150 years of female GPs. Chief Constable of the British Transport Police Lucy D’Orsi. Anne Sebba on US spy Ethel Rosenberg.

This week, the Royal College of GPs is marking 150 years of women in general practice. More than half of GPs in the UK a... Read more

13 Jul 2021

58mins

The Book Club: Anne Sebba on the life and death of Ethel Rosenberg

The Book Club: Anne Sebba on the life and death of Ethel Rosenberg

In this week’s Book Club podcast Sam's guest is Anne Sebba - whose Ethel Rosenberg: A Cold War Tragedy tells the story o... Read more

30 Jun 2021

47mins

Anne Sebba: A Cold War Tragedy

Anne Sebba: A Cold War Tragedy

In this week’s Book Club podcast my guest is Anne Sebba - whose Ethel Rosenberg: A Cold War Tragedy tells the story of t... Read more

30 Jun 2021

47mins

Episode 61: Biography Anne Sebba discussing Ethel Rosenberg: An American Tragedy

Episode 61: Biography Anne Sebba discussing Ethel Rosenberg: An American Tragedy

A wide-ranging discussion of why Ethel Rosenberg matters, what is new in her story, and why American writers continue to... Read more

12 Jun 2021

46mins

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