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Wise And Foolish King

Charles Stuart Charles II: The Man and the Statesman Maurice Ashley (Weidenfeld and Nicolson 0.25) Charles II has always been the most interesting of the Stuart monarchs, as a......

Beyond Lyonesse

Norman Hammond The Quest for America Geoffrey Ashe (Pall Mall £5) The Discovery of North America William P. Cumming, R. A. Skelton, David B. Quinn (Elek £10) It has been a......