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A Chilly Professional

Jane Ridley T HE F ORGOTTEN P RIME M INISTER : T HE 14 TH E ARL OF DERBY by Angus Hawkins Oxford University Press, £30, pp. 521 ISBN 9780199204410 W ho was the 14th Earl of......

Bright Sparks Of The Dark Ages

Tom Holland T RAVELLING H EROES : G REEKS AND T HEIR M YTHS IN THE E PIC A GE OF H OMER by Robin Lane Fox Allen Lane, £25, pp. 514, ISBN 9780713999808 ✆ £20 (plus £2.45 p&p)......