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Sunset Over The Boulevard

Philip French T HE M EMORY OF A LL T HAT by Betsy Blair Elliott & Thompson, £15.99, pp. 320, ISBN 190402730X ✆ £13.99 (plus £2.25 p&p) 0870 800 4848 B etsy Blair was born......

A Monumental Mediaeval Muddle

C. J. Tyerman T HE H OLLOW C ROWN : A H ISTORY OF B RITAIN IN THE L ATE M IDDLE A GES by Miri Rubin Allen Lane, £25, pp. 380, ISBN 071399066 ✆ £23 (plus £2.25 p&p) 0870 800 4848......