19 NOVEMBER 1988, page 34

Dissolution

The vast ruined nave is famous for its blackberries. Here the abbot was put to the sword: a stone Hidden among brambles marks the spot. A ghost's batteries Run down just like......

As It Was In The Beginning

Richard Cobb PRELUDE TO TERROR: THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY AND THE FAILURE OF CONSENSUS 1789-1791 by Norman Hampson Blackwell, f19.50, pp.199 hen, despite so much early prom- ise,......

The Man Who Knows Too Much

Byron Rogers CHARLES by Anthony Holden Weidenfeld, f12.95, pp.242 THE REAL CHARLES by Alan Hamilton Collins, £10.95, pp.222 CECIL BEATON: THE ROYAL PORTRAITS edited by Roy......