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The Uneasy World Between

Philip Hensher O THER P EOPLE ’ S D AUGHTERS : T HE L IFE AND T IMES OF GOVERNESSES by Ruth Brandon Weidenfeld, £20, pp. 303, ISBN 9780297851134 ✆ £16 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429......

Is It Worth The Worry?

Matthew Parris PANICOLOGY by Simon Briscoe and Hugh Aldersey-Williams Penguin/Viking, £18.99, pp. 304, ISBN 9780670917013 ✆ £15.19 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 I first met......