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Rebel Without A Pause

Antony Lambton LEAP BEFORE YOU LOOK by Aidan Crawley Collins, f15, pp. 416 A idan Crawley in his youth followed the traditions of generations of his family. It had been a custom......

This Painful Politeness

Eric Christiansen THE DUEL IN EUROPEAN HISTORY by V. G. Kiernan OUP, f25, pp.348 D uelling, though barbarous in civil- ised, is a highly civilised institution among barbarous......