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Between The Idea And The Reality

Max Egremont VERONICA OR THE TWO NATIONS by David Caute Hamish Hamilton, £12.95, pp.316 T he political novel is apt to go wrong either because it preaches too stridently or......

Outstanding Capital Growth

Liliana Brisby BUDAPEST 1900 by John Lukacs Weidenfeld & Nicolson, £16.95, pp.255 ei■_ I n 1907 a group of British members of the House of Commons known for their pro-Hungarian......