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The Haunting Presence Of Poe

Michael Carlson THE AMERICAN BoY by Andrew Taylor Flamingo, £17.99, pp. 485, ISBN 000710961X T he American boy is Edgar Allan Poe, whose step-parents, the Allans, brought him to......

Last And Least

Simon Courtauld SURVIVORS IN MEXICO by Rebecca West Yale, £18.95, pp. 264, ISBN 0300098863 R ebecca West was in her seventies when she first went to Mexico. She thought she......

Getting Nowhere Slowly

Patrick Maume HOME RULE: AN IRISH HISTORY by Alvin Jackson Weidenfeld & Aricolson, £25, pp. 405, ISBN 01842127241 G enerations of commentators have debated whether Home Rule......