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Not Waving But Drowning

Jonathan Keates William Cowper: Letters and Prose Writings, Volume II, 1782-1786 eds. James King and Charles Ryskamp (Oxford University Press pp. 688, £35) Those who view the......

Blood Brothers

Philip Warner The War Between the Generals David Irving (Allen Lane pp. 446, £9.95) On the jacket this is described as 'one of the great untold stories of our time'.......