Wake up to Words with Rebecca Gowers & Kate Pullinger August 26, 2009

This morning we are taken back to the 1800s with two stunning evocations of the Victorian era. Rebecca Gowers's new novel The Twisted Heart is a fictional investigation following a real-life murder of a London prostitute linked to Charles Dickens. Kate Pullinger's The Mistress of Nothing follows a lady's maid on a voyage of discovery in Egypt. Free coffee and pastries. Sponsored by Circle Café.