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Our Man On The Spot

Andrew Roberts THE DIARIES AND LEI]. ERS OF ROBERT BERNAYS, 1932-1939 edited by Nick Smart Edwin Mellen Press, tel: 01570 423 356, £59.95, pp. 425 4 ueer sight in the......

From Hell To The Arms Of Jesus

Hilary Mantel ONCE IN A HOUSE ON FIRE by Andrea Ashworth Picador, £14.99, pp. 336 I t is a fact about childhood that, even in its most advantaged manifestations, it is often......

Obeying The Heart

William Trevor THE BROWNINGS' CORRESPONDENCE, VOLUME 14 edited by Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis Wedgestone Press! Athlone, £85, pp. 450 W hen Robert Browning and Eliza- beth......