11 APRIL 1987, page 31

Coming To Life In His Coffin

J. L. Carr CHEKHOV by Henri Troyat translated by Michael Heim Macmillan, £14.95 A lthough Henri Troyat does not apologise for adding yet another to the biographies of Anton......

Black Skirts

among the crocodiles Geoffrey Wheatcroft A VOYAGER OUT: THE LIFE OF MARY KINGSLEY by Katherine Frank Hamish Hamilton, £14.95 I n a recent book, Professor Ali Mazrui suggests......