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Sad Prologues To The Swelling Act Of The Imperial Theme

Juliet Townsend THE INDIAN MUTINY, 1857 by Saul David Penguin/Viking, £20, pp. 504, ISBN 06770911372 N early 40 years ago I was staying with my father in Hyderabad in what had,......

A New Spin On An Old Story

Penelope Lively THE SONGS OF THE KINGS by Barry Unsworth Hamish Hamilton, £16.99, pp. 207, ISBN 0241137012 T he setting: Aulis, where the Greek army waits to set sail for Troy,......