5 JULY 1997, page 34

Two Lives, But Private Still

Evelyn Joll T he main obstacle that confronts biog- raphers of Turner is Turner himself. As his friend the artist George Jones wrote: 'He never appeared displeased but when he......

A Better Class Of Villain

Andro Linklater THE NAPOLEON OF CRIME: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ADAM WORTH, THE REAL MORIARTY by Ben Macintyre HarperCollins, £18, pp. 320 T he life of Adam Worth, a 19th-century......