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Far Beyond The Call Of Duty

M. R. D. Foot SUPREME COURAGE by General Sir Peter de la BiWere Little, Brown, £20, pp. 387. ISBN 0316725919 £18 (plus £2.25 p&p) 0870 800 4848 0 n the 150th anniversary of the......

An Ornamental Period Piece

D. J. Taylor BY THE GRAND CANAL by William Riviere Sceptre, £16.99, pp. 266, ISBN 0340770406 114.99 (plus £2.25 p&p) 0870 800 4848 B y the Grand Canal takes place, not wholly......