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Where The Sun Rarely Shines

Kate Chisholm ISLAND by Jane Rogers Little, Brown, £15.99, pp. 261 D on't be misled by the title of this dis- turbing novel. This island is no beach- comber's paradise or......

Pretences And Pretensions

Brian Masters THE MYSTERIOUS MISS MARIE CORELLI, QUEEN OF VICTORIAN BESTSELLERS by Teresa Ransom Sutton, £25, pp. 247 P rompted by A. L. Rowse, in 1976 I began researching for a......