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A Brute, A Cheat, A Traitor Etc

Nigel Spivey TOM PAINE: A POLITICAL LIFE by John Keane Bloomsbury, £25, pp. 644 A brute to his wife, a cheat to his trust, a traitor to his country, reviler of his God and of......

Not Troops But Tourists

David Pryce-Jones BATTLING FOR PEACE: MEMOIRS by Shimon Peres Weidenfeld & Nicolson, £20, pp.402 UNDER THIS BLAZING LIGHT by Amos Oz CUP, £13.95, pp. 205 S himon Peres — or......

Cardiac Arrests And Worse

Kevin Myers REBEL HEARTS by Kevin Toolis Picador, £15.99, pp. 371 I t was, I suppose, inevitable that some- body sooner or later would do a Rian Malan on Northern Ireland, a......