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Roads Leading From Rome

Peter Vansittart THE TIME BEFORE YOU DIE by Lucy Beckett Ignatius, £12.99, pp. 331 Available from Words Inc, 01243 517 3648 T he Tudor state was harsh, sometimes ferocious,......

A Bunter With A Wailing Soul

William Feaver THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE by John Richardson Cape, £20, pp. 320 don't know William Feaver, nor even who he is — and I am shy by nature. I don't feel we need an......