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Le Dandy

Simon Blow Beau Brummell Hubert Cole (HartDavies/MacGibbon £4.95) A life of Beau Brummell is an event that must occur about once a decade, but, unless Hubert Cole is being......

Unforgiving

Mary Kenny Maud Gonne Samuel Levenson (Cassell £6.95) I approached this book, initially, with the prejudice of jealousy. I had been invited to do a biography of Maud Gonne in......