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Kept In Amber?

Magnus Magnusson The Destruction of the Country House Roy Strong, Marcus Binney, John Harris and others (Thames and Hudson £4.95, paperback £2.50) Ever been slugged by a......

Fiction

Sending up Peter Ackroyd The Abbess of Crewe Muriel Spark (Macmillan £2. 00) Hers Al Alvarez (Weidenfeld and Nicolson £2.75) The Life and Death of Rochester Sneath Humphry......