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Magic And Mischief

Philip Womack T HE L ADIES OF G RACE A DIEU A ND O THER S TORIES by Susanna Clarke Bloomsbury, £25, pp. 256, ISBN 0747587035 ✆ £20 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 S usanna Clarke......

The Sunset Burns On

Patrick Skene Catling T HE L IGHT OF E VENING by Edna O’Brien Weidenfeld, £14.99, pp. 272, ISBN 0297851330 ✆ £11.99 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 T hat beautiful, untamed......

Beware Of Misleading Labels

Jonathan Sumption L IONHEART AND L ACKLAND by Frank McLynn Cape, £20, pp. 592, ISBN 0224062441 ✆ £16 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 I n the great prize-giving of history, there......