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Four Into One Can Be Made To Go

Michael Carver LIGHT DRAGOONS: THE ORIGINS OF A NEW REGIMENT by Allan Mallinson Leo Cooper, £18.50, pp. 352 W riting a regimental history is not an easy task. The book has to......

Digging Up The Past

Penelope Lively BIRDSONG T he first world war generated remark- able literature, at the time. Decades later, it continues to inspire some fine fiction: Pat Barker's......