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The Seven Provinces Of A Secret People

Simon Courtauld THE BASQUE HISTORY OF THE WORLD by Mark Kurlansky Cape, f15.99, pp. 387 T his book has a rather grandiose title. True, Basque fishermen were among the first from......

So Close To The Ground

William Feaver TOULOUSE-LAUTREC AND THE FIN-DE-SIECLE by David Sweetman Hodder, £25, pp. 511 T he shortness of Henri Toulouse- Lautrec has been exaggerated. True, Peter Sellers......