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In The Shadow Of The Queen

Sam Leith 1599: A Y EAR IN THE L IFE OF W ILLIAM S HAKESPEARE by James Shapiro Faber, £16.99, pp. 429, ISBN 0571214800 ✆ £14.99 (plus £2.25 p&p) 0870 800 4848 T here is little......

A Box Of Delights

Neel Mukherjee T HE H ISTORY OF L OVE by Nicole Krauss Penguin/Viking, £12.95, pp. 180, ISBN 0670915548 ✆ £11.99 (plus £2.25 p&p) 0870 800 4848 T here is a dizzying profusion of......