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A Better Class Of Villain

Andro Linklater THE NAPOLEON OF CRIME: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ADAM WORTH, THE REAL MORIARTY by Ben Macintyre HarperCollins, £18, pp. 320 T he life of Adam Worth, a 19th-century......

Whose Service Is Perfect Freedom

William Scammell MY ACES, MY FAULTS by Nick Bolletieri Robson, £17.95, pp. 346 G hostwriters and sportspersons have a weakness for excruciating puns. Virginia Wade's......