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Was It Pure Genius?

Jonathan Guinness DARK AND LIGHT: THE STORY OF THE GUINNESS FAMILY by Derek Wilson Weidenfeld, £20, pp. 302 I f anyone is qualified to write a book about the Guinness family it......

The Riddle Of The Sands

Simon Courtauld LAWRENCE: THE UNCROWNED KING OF ARABIA by Michael Asher Viking £20, pp. 419 T . E. Lawrence was a (probably passive) homosexual, a masochist, a fanta- sist and a......