11 APRIL 1981, Page 18

Bookworm

Sir: Sir Philip Magnus in his review t)f, Harold Nicolson by James Lees-Milne (1' March) says of King George V that he 'rarely opened a book'. If Sir Philip will turn to the appendix of King George V by Jolicnn Gore he will find a list of more than lj books read by King George V between 193' and his death on 20 January 1936.

A.N. Gilbey

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