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A Tantalising Whiff Of Cigars

Paul Ferris FREUD: DARKNESS IN THE MIDST OF VISION by Louis Breger John Wiley, £19.99, pp. 460 T his life of Freud is announced as the one the world is waiting for. The chaos......

Lovely, But Lucre-loving

Philip Ziegler LONDON: THE BIOGRAPHY by Peter Ackroyd Chatto, £25, pp. 779 L ondon has been a brooding presence in many of Peter Ackroyd's books: in his novels, The Great Fire......