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Late But Loyal

RICHARD ORMOND Luke Fildes, RA: A Victorian Painter L. V. Fildes (Michael Joseph 42s) This biography of Luke Fildes is a classic book of its kind, and should have been written......

Early Sorrow

DAVID KNOWLES A History of Medieval Ireland A. J. Otway- Ruthven (Ernest Benn 70s) Historians are often enough the slaves of their own formulas. Ireland, alone of the main......