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Matthew Kneale THE WATERS OF THIRST by Adam Mars-Jones Faber, £14.99, pp. 182 I n Lantern Lecture Adam Mars-Jones showed the richness and unexpectedness of his imagination. With......

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Let not many put asunder Hilary Mantel BROKEN LIVES: SEPARATION AND DIVORCE IN ENGLAND 1660-1857 by Lawrence Stone OUP, £16.95, pp. 355 H ere's Merrie England indeed: a duchess......