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Coping With A Continent

Jonathan Sumption THE PURSUIT OF GLORY: EUROPE, 1648-1815 by Tim Blanning Allen Lane, £30, pp. 707, ISBN 9780713990974 © £24 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 Has there ever been a......

A Big Talent Spotted

Bevis Hillier L. A. MIRAGE by Anne Lambton Timewell, £14.99, pp. 220, ISBN 9781857252200 £11.99 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 1 n the late 1960s I was reviewing books in the......