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Keeping Up Appearances

Jane Gardam THE ART OF DRESS: FASHION IN ENGLAND AND FRANCE, 1750-1820 by Aileen Rubeiro Yale, £40, pp. 264 'leen Rubeiro is head of the History of Dress department at the......

A Cruel Awakening

Montagu Curzon A CHATEAU IN THE DORDOGNE: THE RYMAN FAMILY'S DREAM by Jeremy Josephs Smith Gryphon, £15.99, pp. 181 T he château in question is the Château de la Jaubertie, a......