11 JANUARY 1986, page 40

Jai, Sportsman And Soldier

Brian Martin THE LAST MAHARAJA by Quentin Crewe Michael Joseph, £12.95 F or centuries the maharajas stole the limelight on the stage of princely India with their gaudy......

A Light Touch But A Tragic End

Roy Fuller RANDALL JARRELL'S LETTERS edited by Mary Jarrell Faber & Faber, f25. A remarkable number of celebrated American poets were born in the decade 1908-17 — Theodore......