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Politic President

Andrew Brown Lincoln Gore Vidal (Heinemann £9.95) ere are a number of things wrong with ere P. Chase: for one thing, he really existed. He was Lincoln's Secretary of the......

Valid Distortions

Christopher Hawtree Th ere were also young men who Walked in the streets and these she admired greatly. She liked them so much better than Mexican boys. These men were tall and......