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His Finest Hour

Michael Howard B LOOD , T OIL , T EARS AND S WEAT : T HE D IRE W ARNING by John Lukacs Perseus/ Basic Books, £13.99, pp. 147, ISBN 9780465002870 N ine years ago the American......

Muddying The Waters

Sebastian Smee D REAMS OF R IVERS AND S EAS by Tim Parks Harvill Secker, £16.99, pp. 431, ISBN 9781846551130 ✆ £13.59 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 T his fitfully involving,......