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Swagger, Colour And Dash

Rupert Christiansen THE VICTORIANS by A. N. Wilson Hutchinson, £25, pp.724, ISBN 0091794218 A N. Wilson claims that he can imagine nothing more agreeable than the life of a......

Tangles And Ties Of Strength And Sentiment

M. R. D. Foot THE RISE AND FALL OF A NATIONAL STRATEGY, 1945-1963 by Alan S. Milward Whitehall History Publishing/Frank Cass, £65, pp.512, ISBN 0714651117 A an Milward defies......