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Skulduggery In Florence

Antonia Fraser SOME BITTER TASTE by Magdalen Nabb Heinen2ann, £9.99, pp. 247, ISBN 0434010545 W hy is it that my heart leaps up when I behold a mystery story by a British writer......

When The Phoney War Ended

Douglas Johnson THE FALL OF FRANCE: THE NAZI INVASION OF 1940 by Julian Jackson OUP, £17.99, pp. 274,1 SBN 019280300X F rance was at war with Germany from 5.00 pm on the evening......