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Opera As Its Own Phantom

Rupert Christiansen A SONG OF LOVE AND DEATH by Peter Conrad Chatto & Windus, £25 OPERA: A HISTORY by Christopher Headington, Roy Westbrook, and Terry Barfoot Bodley Head, £16......

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A facetious young courtier Antony Lambton THE DIARIES OF LORD MOUNTBA'FTEN 1920-1922 edited by Philip Ziegler Collins, £15 T o understand these diaries it is neces- sary to......