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Up The Creek

Eric Christiansen Estuary: Land and Water in the lower Thames basin A.K. Astbury (Carnforth Press pp. 326, £8.75) By taking the long view, and tracing the great arteries of......

New Patterns For Old

Douglas Johnson Origins of the French Revolution William Doyle (Oxford University Press, pp, 272 £12.50, pp. 247 £4.95 paperback). Every 0-leveller knows about it. There is a......