11 MAY 1974, page 16

Lovable Enigma

Jan Morris Clive of India Mark Bence-Jones (Constable £3.95) Robert Clive is distinctly dead, deader than most of our national heroes, and nearly as dead as all the lesser......

A Win' Ce Incomparable

George Gale Elizabeth I, a study in power and intellect; Paul Johnson (Weicienfeld and Nicolson £5.95) I have long had the opinion that, by and large, quite enough historical......