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Welcome, An American Pepys

Sam Leith J UDGE S EWALL ’ S A POLOGY : T HE S ALEM W ITCH T RIALS AND THE F ORMING OF A C ONSCIENCE by Richard Francis Fourth Estate, £20, pp. 412, ISBN 1841156760 ✆ £18 (plus......

Cleopatra’s Nose Again

Olivia Glazebrook M AKING I T U P by Penelope Lively Penguin/Viking, £16.99, pp. 247, ISBN 0670915793 ✆ £14.99 (plus £2.25 p&p) 0870 800 4848 I n these eight stories Penelope......