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A Fatal Female Friendship

Sophia Watson MY SISTER, VICTORIA by Charlotte Moore Penguin, £5.99, pp. 376 - ■■•■1 T his is one of those terrible stories of female friendship that leave this reader almost......

Western Tunnel Vision

Sam Phipps WORLD HISTORY by Clive Ponting Chatto, £30, pp. 862 I f history is written by the victors, then perhaps world history is written by the megalomaniacs. How else to......

Mistress Of Arts

Jonathan Mirsky GEISHA: THE SECRET LIFE OF A VANISHING WORLD by Lesley Downer Headline, £20, pp. 370 Y ou recall the overture from The Mikado followed by the entry of the......