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Folk Tale

CHARLES STUART Prussia: Myth and Reality E. J. Feucht- wenger (Wolff 50s) Mr Feuchtwenger's new book takes a refresh- ingly detached view of the history of Prussia which is free......

Death And Glory

D AVID KNOWLES The Kingdom in the Sun John Julius Nor- wich (Longmans 70s) Can any hundred years of mediaeval Christendom surpass the century between the Norman Conquest and the......

Troubled Dreams

DENNIS DUNCANSON Asia Awakes: A Continent in Transition Dick Wilson (Weidenfeld and Nicolson 65s) Readers of Mr Wilson's survey of China, A Quarter of Mankind, are familiar with......

Shorter Notices The Great Debasement J. D. Gould (ow , 50s).

This is a•heroic effort to elucidate the immensely complex economic problems which arose late in Henry VIII's reign. There is much arcane information to be found in these pages;......