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The Statue Lives

Robert Blake The Eldest Brother, The Marquess Wellesley 1760-1842 Iris Butler (Hodder and Stoughton £5.95) Richard Wellesley, Earl of Mornington, first and last Marquess......

Renaissance Spectacle

A.L. Rowse Splendour at Court. Renaissance Spectacle and Illusion Roy Strong (Weidenfeld and Nicholson. 0.95.) We already owe a great deal to Dr Roy Strong for his discoveries......