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Total Commitment To Eternity

Harry Williams THE FRONTIERS OF PARADISE: A STUDY OF MONKS AND MONASTERIES by Peter Levi Collins Harvill, £12 C uriosity about monks and monaster- ies is not uncommon. They are......

A Fat And Disdainful Empress

Philip Marsden-Smedley EMPRESS TAYTU AND MENELIK II: ETHIOPIA 1883-1910 by Chris Prouty Raven's Educational and Development Services, £9.95 E mperor Menelik II, elect of God,......