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The Changing Face Of Clio

Raymond Carr HISTORY AND NATIONAL LIFE by Peter Mandler Profile, 112.99, pp. 192, ISBN 1861974698 P eter Mandler's eminently readable short book deals with the changing place of......

Locking Up Your Daughters

Sarah Bradford VIRGINS OF VENICE: ENCLOSED LIVES AND BROKEN VOWS IN THE RENAISSANCE CONVENT by Mary Laven Penguin, £20, pp. 198, ISBN 0670896357 R eaders seduced by the title......