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Flashes Of Wit

James Lasdun Feelings Have Changed P. H. Newby (Faber pp. 266, £6.95) A Separate Development Christopher Hope (Routledge & Kegan Paul pp. 199, £6.95) L'eelings Have Changed......

Cautious Kings

John Wilton The House of Sa'ud David Holden and Richard Johns (Sidgwick and Jackson pp. 569, £9.95) The Kingdom Robert Lacey (Hutchinson pp. 631, £9.95) Ibn Khaldun, as......