16 DECEMBER 1995, page 66

Without You

I miss the pictures of you in the house — The stable steamy with sweet straw And donkey's breath; the baby photos In your mother's lap and then the handsome Curly-headed lad......

And In One Word, Heroically Mad

John Keegan A GENIUS FOR WAR: A LIFE OF GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON by Carlo d'Este HarperCollins, £25, pp. 977 C arlo d'Este's biography of Patton may prove to be his life's work......