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Old Romancer

PETER FLEMING Ernest Hemingway Carlos Baker (Collins 63s) Professor Baker insists that this is not a 'definitive' biography, and believes that such a work cannot be undertaken......

Global War

ROY STRONG Theatre of the World Frances A. Yates (Routledge and Regan Paul 42s) Anyone who blasts the Shakespeare indus- try to the ground deserves a very special prize. As one......

Poor Lady

HENRY TUBE The Violent Friend: The Story of Mrs Robert Louis Stevenson Margaret Mackay (Dent 50s) Reviewing the official Life of Robert Louis Stevenson when it was published in......