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Fair As A Star, When Only One Is Shining In The S

Kate Chisholm ANNY: A LIFE OF ANNE THACKERAY RITCHIE by Henrietta Garnett Chatto, £1&99, pp. 322, ISBN 0701171294 T he engagement diary of Anne Thackeray Ritchie (18371919)......

The Woman In Black

Anne Somerset CATHERINE DE MEDICI by Leonie Frieda Weidenfeld, £20, pp.440, ISBN 184212725X C atherine de Medici was, quite literally, the original black widow. After her......