Corse Justice
JOHN McMANNERS Pasquale Paoli: An Enlightened Hero, 17254 1807 Peter Adam Thrasher (Constable 63s) 'Sir, what is all this rout about the Corsicans? They have been at war with......
London Pride
MICHAEL BOBBIE Catalogue of the Oil Paintings in the London Museum John Hayes (Etmso 100s) The Empire may have vanished but London is still our century's Byzantium, the 'city of......
Years Of Truth
WILLIAM HAYTER History of the Cold War: From the Korean War to the Present Andre Fontaine (Seeker and Warburg 5gns) The subtitle of this book is misleading. In fact its account......
Shorter Notice
The Dream King Wilfrid Blunt (Hamish Hamilton 75s). This is a nicely succinct and entertaining study of poor sad Ludwig II of Bavaria, with the added distinction of a pro-......