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Blood, Toil, Tears And Sweat

Andro Linklater TOMMY: THE BRITISH SOLDIER ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918 by Richard Holmes HarperCollins, £20, pp, 717 ISBN 000 7137516 O n11 April 1918, my father, aged 18......

The Cad With The Toothbrush Technique

Harriet Waugh SECRET SMILE by Nicci French Michael Joseph, £16.99, pp. 320, ISBN 0718145194 0 f Nicci French's six novels three deal with the subjugation of women by an aberrant......