12 JUNE 1971, page 18

Francis Watson On Exotic Dynasties

Splendours of the East edited by Mortimer Wheeler (Paul Hamlyn £2.95) Just 2,300 years ago the young Alexander was celebrating his prodigious triumph in the vast Palace of......

Auberon Waugh On New Novels

An extremely good week for novels, and one which must confound those who talk so glibly about the novel's decline. Being published in June, none of these authors is likely to......

Eric Stokes On Imperialism In Some .170 Pages Or So

of text George Lichtheim has served up a snack on imperial- ism cafeteria style. Those who partook of the rich repast contained in his Marxism: An Historical and Critical Study......