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Horrible History Man

Norman Stone THE VICES OF INTEGRITY: E. H. CARR, 1892-1982 by Jonathan Haslam Verso, £25, pp. 306 T he first bit of poison ivy that you encounter, approaching this gothic book,......

A Wandering Minstrel

Penelope Fitzgerald MUSIC AND SILENCE by Rose Tremain Chatto, £16.99, pp. 454 I 'm not sure that music is the opposite of silence, but Rose Tremain's spellbinding new book is......

The Spectator Bookshop

usic and Silence This brilliant historical novel will rival Rose Tremain's bestselling, prize-winning book Restoration. In the year 1629 a young English lutenist arrives at the......