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Elusive Cries And Half-heard Whispers

Caroline Moore THE ENGLISH BIBLE AND THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY REVOLUTION by Christopher Hill Allen Lane, £25, pp. 466 H istory, the dedication to this book asserts, is 'about......

0 For The Voice To Be Still

Anita Brookner THE ORACLE AT STONELEIGH COURT by Peter Taylor Chatto & Windus, 174.99, pp. 324 0 ne would wish to compare Peter Taylor with Henry James, yet the compari- son......