14 MAY 1983, page 29

Lady Flabella

Elizabeth Jenkins Silver Fork Society 1814-1840 Alison Aldburgham (Constable £12.50) w eek by week the Radio Times batters the readers' consciousness with a new wave of......

'give 'm Hell'

Louis Heren Tumultuous Years Robert J. Donovan (Norton £13.95) I can think of no other American president who was savaged as much as Harry Truman. Andrew Johnson, who succeeded......