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The Press For Rome

Hugh Lloyd-Jones Romans and Aliens J.P.V.D. BaIsdon (Duckworth £18) The historian of any empire must try to show how the imperial people got on with its subjects and with other......

Victimised

J. Enoch Powell Eminent Edwardlans Piers Brendon (Seeker £6.95) All collective biography is a difficult enterprise. A biography demands concentrated attention to an individual,......

Doodling

Jonathan Keates In The Lap of Atlas Richard Hughes (Chan° £4.95) Morocco is one of those places whose atmosphere tickles the imagination like the smell of cooking. A conception......