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Going Strong For The Top

Sara Wheeler HOW THE ENGLISH MADE THE ALPS by Jim Ring John Murray, £19.99, pp. 287 KILLING DRAGONS: THE CONQUEST OF THE ALPS by Fergus Fleming Granta, £20, pp. 398 FEARLESS ON......

Conjuring The Difficult Dead From Their Graves

Lucy Hughes-Hallett THE PEPPERED MOTH by Margaret Drabble Viking, 116.99, pp. 392 A large part of the action of Margaret Drabble's novel takes place on dangerous ground. The......