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Not A Very Merry Monarch

Jonathan Sumption IN THE LION'S COURT: POWER, AMBITION AND SUDDEN DEATH IN THE COURT OF HENRY VIII by Derek Wilson Hutchinson, £20, pp. 590, ISBN 0091801184590 I t is hard to be......

Yo-ho-ho And A Social Revolution

Justin Marozzi HUNTING PIRATE HEAVEN by Kevin Rushby Constable, £16.99, pp. 304, ISBN 0094800103 P irates evoke a handful of enduring images: Errol Flynn in tights and bandanna,......

Grief And Grievance

Juliet Townsend THE HATED WIFE: CARRIE KIPLING 1862-1939 by Adam Nicolson Short Books, £4.99, pp. 94, ISBN 0571208355 P oor Carrie Kipling has not been kindly treated by......