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Triple Struggle

Escape to Live. By Edward Howell. (Longmans. 8s. 6d.) THE dust-cover drawing, in chalky blues and browns, showing sun- burned men shouldering great bags of loot against a......

A King's Brother

Richard of Cornwall. By N. Denholm-Young. (Basil Blackwell. 15s.) LESS than six months after the appearance of Sir Maurice Powicke's massive study of Henry III and his times we......

Capital Of Scotland

Edinburgh. By G. Scott-Moncrieff. (Batsford. 15s.) MR. GEORGE SCOTT-MoNcatEFF's Edinburgh is an exceedingly sensi- tive and competent survey of the history of Scotland's capital......