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Books

Dutch revolutionaries C. R. Boxer Patriots and Liberators Simon Schama (Collins £15.00) This,bulky study of the revolutionary years in the Netherlands, metamorphosed from a......

Paying For Van Gogh's Ear

Patrick M arn ham The art of Self-Deception Giles Auty (Libertarian Books £5.95) Within weeks of the Spectator reviewingArt Anti-Art, a withering attack on art critics by Helene......