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Sexing Up American History

Harry Mount INVENTING A NATION: WASHINGTON, ADAMS, JEFFERSON by Gore Vidal Yale, £14.95, pp. 198, ISBN 0300101716 T his lovely little bluffers' guide to the founders of the......

Beholding Sundry Places

Justin Marozzi A BOOK OF LANDS AND PEOPLES edited by Eric Newby HarperCollins, £25, pp. 620, ISBN 0007149395 H ere's a Christmas present for anyone with a serious interest in......