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Books

Gin and limelight Peter Ackroyd Mrs Pat: The Life of Mrs Patrick Campbell Margot Peters (Bodley Head £15) T he most striking characteristics of the young Mrs Patrick Campbell......

Giscard's Complacency

Douglas Johnson Continuity and Change in France Edited by Vincent Wright (Allen and Unwin £18) T his book suffers from the considerable disadvantage of having been written too......