17 MAY 1940, page 20

Portrait Of A Vanished World

Return Ticket. By George Vandon. (Heinemann. 78. 6d.) lr would be possible to disapprove of this book, of its author, and of the civilisation which he represents. Here is a man......

King's Favourite

George Villiers, First Duke of Buckingham. By Hugh Ross Williamson. (Duckworth. 15S.) WHEN Queen Elizabeth died the English Crown enjoyed a higher prestige than at any earlier......

Attack On The Whigs

No one who has read any of the volumes of Dr. Mure Mac- kenzie's full-length history of Scotland will be surprised at the general bias and flavour of this shorter version. She......