17 MAY 1940, page 20
Portrait Of A Vanished World
Return Ticket. By George Vandon. (Heinemann. 78. 6d.) lr would be possible to disapprove of this book, of its author, and of the civilisation which he represents. Here is a man......
King's Favourite
George Villiers, First Duke of Buckingham. By Hugh Ross Williamson. (Duckworth. 15S.) WHEN Queen Elizabeth died the English Crown enjoyed a higher prestige than at any earlier......
Attack On The Whigs
No one who has read any of the volumes of Dr. Mure Mac- kenzie's full-length history of Scotland will be surprised at the general bias and flavour of this shorter version. She......
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