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Books

News from the 16th century A.L. Rowse The Lisle Letters ed. M. St Clare Byrne (Chicago University Press, 6 vols, £120) The Paston Letters are the most famous medieval......

Nursery Feud

Hugh Massingberd Samba Sahib Elizabeth Hay (Paul Harris PP. 194, E7.50) That formidable breed of Scotch womanhood without whom the British Empire would surely have foundered......