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A Fascinating Woman, Ill-served

Sarah Burton S TAR OF THE M ORNING : T HE E XTRAORDINARY L IFE OF L ADY H ESTER S TANHOPE by Kirsten Ellis Harper Press, £25, pp. 464, ISBN 9780007170302 ✆ £20 (plus £2.45 p&p)......

Stepping-stones Of His Past Self

Lee Langley G HOST T RAIN TO THE E ASTERN S TAR by Paul Theroux Hamish Hamilton, £20, pp. 485, ISBN 9780241142530 ✆ £16.79 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 W hen Paul Theroux set......