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When Greek Met Greek

Jonathan Sumption THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR: ATHENS AND SPARTA IN SAVAGE CONFLICT 431-404 BC by Donald Kagan HatperCollins, £25, pp. 511, ISBN 0007115059 T his book is an abridged......

The Pleasure Dome In Wiltshire

Anthony Hobson BECKFORD'S FONTHILL by Robert J. Gemmett Michael Russell, £35, pp. 473, ISBN 0859552845 W illiam Beckford's Fonthill Abbey is thought of as a supreme example of......