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The Man We Love To Love

Tom Pocock T HE P URSUIT OF V ICTORY : T HE L IFE AND A CHIEVEMENT OF H ORATIO N ELSON by Roger Knight Allen Lane / Penguin, £30, pp. 874, ISBN 0713996196 ✆ £26 (plus £2.25 p&p)......

In Search Of Fresh Villains

Andrew Taylor B RANDENBURG by Henry Porter Orion, £10, pp. 437, ISBN 0752856936 T HE F OREST OF S OULS by Carla Banks HarperCollins, £18.99, pp. 372, ISBN 000719210X ✆ £16.99......