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Killing With A Vengeance

George Gale Forged in Fury Michael Elkins (Piatkus pp. 274, £6.95) 'We conjure you: In the name of the shed blood of our children — take vengeance! Avenge our tortured mothers,......

Hidden Gold

Paul Atterbury Orpen: Mirror to an Age Bruce Arnold (Jonathan Cape pp. 294, £16) Since the early years of this century it has been the practice to regard English painting as the......