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Monarchs

Caroline Dawnay Kings and Queens Eleanor and Herbert Farjeon (Dent £5.95) M emories of being read to as a child are always wintry ones. 'Salad Days' and The King and I' roared......

Summer Books

The wonderful youth Robert Blake The Younger Pitt: The Reluctant Transition John Ehrman (Constable £20) W illiam Pitt, the younger, was one of Britain's greatest Prime......

Within Wheels

Francis King 0, How The Wheel Becomes It! Anthony Powell (Heinemann £6.95) T his is a rum title for a rum novel. Unlike such other Anthony Powell titles as Afternoon Men,......