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Books

The pattern John Bull Richard Ingrams William Cobbett: The poor man's friend George Spater (CUP £30) `ri" he only time I ever saw him he seemed 1 to me a very pleasant man'......

Das Tremendum

Eric Christiansen Society and the Holy in late Antiquity Peter Brown (Faber £10.50) T he defence of the holy is still an emotional business, but does it arouse as much fury as......