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A Bungled Case For The Prosecution

Norman Stone THE BURNING TIGRIS: THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE by Peter Balakian Heinemann, £18.99, pp. 473, ISBN 0434008168 A s the Western world knows all too well, collapsing empires......

Learning The Ropes Of Freedom

Harry Mount THE STORY OF THE SEA, A MAN AND A SHIP by Adam Nicolson HatperCollins, £12.99, pp. 224, ISBN 0007180853 I 'm from the school that thinks boats are caravans on water......