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Hanging In The Balance

Alasdair Palmer HANGING IN JUDGEMENT: RELIGION AND THE DEATH PENALTY IN ENGLAND FROM THE BLOODY CODE TO ABOLITION by Harry Potter SCM Press, £19.95, pp. 304 P arliamentary votes......

Autobiography Of An Unknown Indian

William Dalrymple NEVER AT HOME by Dom Moraes Viking/Penguin, India, Rs. 295, pp. 350 I f you have heard of Dom Moraes you are probably either an authority on obscure Indian......