28 MAY 1988, Page 24

The real Ruth

Sir: Some of your readers will have been baffled by the new author whom Roy Jenkins invented, Ruth Dudley Williams, through a slip - of - the - word - processor (Books, 7 May). As I share his admiration for her, may I point out that she is Ruth Dudley Edwards?

Brian Inglis

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