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Venus In Tears

Zenga Longmore T HE H OTTENTOT V ENUS by Rachel Holmes Bloomsbury, £14.99, pp. 239, ISBN 9780747577768 ✆ £11.99 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 S aartjie Baartman, who performed......

The House That Coal Built

Clive Aslet B LACK D IAMONDS by Catherine Bailey Penguin/Viking, £20, pp. 518, ISBN 9780670915422 ✆ £16 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 I opened this book expecting to find the......