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The Best Band In The Land

Rupert Christiansen ORCHESTRA: THE LSO A CENTURY OF TRIUMPH AND TURBULENCE by Richard Morrison Faber, £20, pp. 320, ISBN 0571215831 B eing of the same age and provenance as......

Nourishing Alphabet Soup

P. J. Kavanagh THE ALPHABET by David Sacks Hutchinson, £12.99, pp. 395, ISBN 0091795060 A lphabets have always fascinated: Ben Jonson, Samuel Johnson (who didn't approve of his......

Rivals At The Court Of King Adolf

Graham Stewart THE DEVIL'S DISCIPLES: THE LIVES AND TIMES OF HITLER'S INNER CIRCLE by Anthony Read Cape, 125, pp. 984, ISBN 0224060082 0 ne of the Great War's consequences may......