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Books

The cleverest man in Europe John Stewart Collis Bismarck Edward Crankshaw (Macmillan pp. 451, £9.95) There are many esteemed writers who I remain esteemed, and that is all. They......

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Eric Christiansen The Sack of Panama Peter Earle (Norman & Hobhouse pp. 304, £9.95) M ost people think of the London School of Economics as a pretty austere sort of place. No......