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The Sea That Retreated

Byron Rogers THE LAST OF THE CELTS by Marcus Tanner Yale, £25, pp. 398, ISBN 0300104642 £20 (plus /2.25 p&p) 0870 800 4848 T he most startling historical fact I have come upon......

A Maverick Wit And Talent

Jonathan Keates NEW SELECTED POEMS, 1984-2004 by Carol Ann Duffy Picador, £14.99, pp. 253, ISBN 0330433946 t £12.99 (plus £2.25 p&p) 0870 800 4848 1 n a poem called 'House',......

A Soldier's Angle Of Observation

Harry Mount THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR: ATHENS, SPARTA AND THE STRUGGLE FOR GREECE by Nigel Bagnall Random House, £12.99, pp. 318, ISBN 0712698817 V £11.99 (plus £2.25 p&p) 0870 800......