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Tricky Regime Change

Anne Somerset A FTER E LIZABETH by Leanda de Lisle HarperCollins, £20, pp. 348, ISBN 0007126646 ✆ £18 (plus £2.25 p&p) 0870 800 4848 A t Queen Elizabeth’s funeral in April 1603,......

Two Funerals

‘Such a beautiful service,’ everyone said, But you missed your own party, because you were dead. We wolfed down the canapés, drained the champagne, And you’ll be remembered like......

Psychic Jaunts And Jollities

D. J. Taylor B EYOND B LACK by Hilary Mantel Fourth Estate, £16.99, pp. 452, ISBN 0007157754 ✆ £14.99 (plus £2.25 p&p) 0870 800 4848 I t was always on the cards, to use a rather......