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A People Of Polite Persuasion

Zenga Longmore THE WEATHER PROPHET by Lucretia Stewart Chatto & Windus, £14.99, pp. 248 T he most important ingredient for a good travel book is a likeable writer. So many......

A La Recherche Des Ventes Perdues

Dick Kingsett SILVER FOR SALE: CHRISTIES IN THE THIRTIES by Arthur Grimwade Michael Russell, f20, pp. 354 I n As You Like It, Orlando says to Adam, '0 good old man, how well in......