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The Horror Of War Through The Eyes Of A Girl

Simon Courtauld THE CHANCES OF DEATH: A DIARY OF THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR by Priscilla Scott-Ellis Michael Russell, £17.95, pp. 240 T he poet Edward Thomas, in the diary that he......

What Became Of Huckleberry Finn?

Tom Hiney INDEPENDENCE DAY by Richard Ford The Harvill Press, £14.99, pp. 451 W hen a good novelist chooses a boring subject to write about, the results can be exasperating. and......

The Light That Shines Before Men

Francis King A HOUSE IN PONDICHERRY by Lee Langley Heinemann, £12.99, pp. 276 F rom the 18th century to the present day, a host of characters, Indian, English, French and......