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A Great Grandmother Glimpsed

Jonathan Mirsky LILLA'S FEAST: A STORY OF LOVE, WAR AND A PASSION FOR FOOD by Frances Osborne Doubleday, £18.99, pp. 325, ISBN 0385606664 £16.99 (plus £2.25 p&p) 0870 800 4848......

A Sure But Light Hand On The Tiller

Jonathan Cecil ARGUMENTS WITH ENGLAND by Michael Blakemore Faber, 120, pp. 404, ISBN 0571224458 C18 (plus 12.25 p&p) 0870 800 4848 T he least satisfactory feature of Michael......