11 APRIL 1987, page 33

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......

Inconsistent, But Not An Illiterate Boor

Evelyn Jo11 J. M. W. TURNER: A WONDERFUL RANGE OF MIND by John Gage Yale, £19.95 TURNER IN HIS TIME by Andrew Wilton Thames & Hudson, £25 TURNER IN THE SOUTH: ROME, NAPLES,......