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Books

Façade and reality Francis King Edith Sitwell: Fire of the Mind An Anthology by Elizabeth Salter and Allanah Harper (Michael Joseph £7.95) Joyce Cary: Selected Essays Edited by......

Empire Dreamer

Robert Skidelsky Cecil Rhodes John Flint (Hutchinson, £4.75) Today one is praised for giving up empires, not founding them. Once Cecil Rhodes was a popular hero. Millions......