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Courtly Culture

MICHAEL BORRIE The Court of Richard II Gervase Mathew !John Murray 42s) This short but fascinating book takes us at a brisk trot through the art, literature, aesthetics, society......

Up The Windpipe

JOHN ROWAN WILSON It is claimed by the publisher of this book that the author 'does for the human body what John Gunther has done for the continents of the world.' An awesome......

Pastures New

BARRY HUMPHRIES The American 1890s Larzer Ziff (Chatto and Windus 42s) I have never been convinced that the decimal system ideally lends itself to literary and artistic......