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An Early Lead Lost

Geoffrey Owen HOSIERY AND KNITWEAR: FOUR CENTURIES OF SMALLSCALE INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN, 1589-2000 by Stanley Chapman OUP, 1:55, pp. 328, ISBN 0199255679 I n 1926 Simon Marks, head......

Nothing In Common But Banditry

Anthony Daniels TALK OF THE DEVIL: ENCOUNTERS WITH SEVEN DICTATORS by Riccardo Orizio Secker, £15.99, pp. 200, ISBN 0436209993 R esearching a book on Guatemala, I looked up a......