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A Virgin Sacrifice

Sarah Bradford NAPOLEON AND MARIE LOUISE by Alan Palmer Constable Robinson, £20, pp. 238, ISBN 0094798605 T he cover illustration shows Napoleon dressed in preposterous rig —......

One Hand Clapping

Robert Edric NUMBER9DREAM by David Mitchell Sceptre, 110, pp.418, ISBN 0340739762 C learly. the publishers of David Mitchell's novel are already all too well aware of what the......