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A Cold Fish In Deep Water

Malcolm Deas A LEXIS DE T OCQUEVILLE by Hugh Brogan Profile, £30, pp. 448, ISBN 1861975090 ✆ £24 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 T here are many studies of Tocqueville’s books......

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Robert Stewart M ONARCHY : F ROM THE M IDDLE A GES TO M ODERNITY by David Starkey HarperCollins, £20, pp. 319, ISBN 0007247508 ✆ £16 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 D avid......