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Brave Doomed World

John Jolliffe THE ITALICS ARE MINE by Nina Berberova Chatto, f20, pp. 600 T o the Russians, time often seems to mean nothing, except for time remem- bered. The memories of Nina......

The Rights Of Tyrants

Philip Mason RAVEN CASTLE: CHARLES NAPIER IN INDIA, 1844-51 by Priscilla Napier Michael Russell, £17.95, pp. 305 S it Charles Napier was essentially a hero'; so wrote the DNB —......