22 MAY 1982, page 21

Battlefields

Philip Warner Six Armies in Normandy John Keegan (Cape £8.95) is almost impossible to find any topic whic h T he battlefields of Normandy have been has not been worn threadbare.......

Jerusalem Regis

Anthony Blond (Nile used to be able to rent rooms by the 16-1 hour at the Petra Hotel by the Jaffa Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem. It is still quite a dizzy place and the......