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Mystery Man

Richard Shone The Case of Walter Pater Michael Levey (Thames & Hudson £8.50) We must all tumble into the gutter at some point during our career but not as our career. Pater came......

Messianic

Benny Green Charley Gordon: An Eminent Victorian Reassessed Charles Chevenix Trench (Allen Lane £8.95) In at least one sense General Gordon, or Charley as his latest biographer......