11 MAY 1974, page 17

A Win' Ce Incomparable

George Gale Elizabeth I, a study in power and intellect; Paul Johnson (Weicienfeld and Nicolson £5.95) I have long had the opinion that, by and large, quite enough historical......

Fiction

Real lives Peter Ackroyd Married Lives Harry Kressing (Faber £2.95) The Living Daylights Jill Neville (Weidenfeld and Nicolson £2.50) A novel which almost opens on the line With......