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Lost Cause

Constantine FITZGIBBON The Year of Liberty Thomas Pakenham (Hodder and Stoughton 63s) The great Irish rebellion of 1798 was, like all Anglo-Irish crises, an affair of immense......

New Novels

In retreat BARRY COLE Monk Dawson Piers Paul Read Alison 1' 30s) The Hired Man Melvyn Bragg (Seeker Warburg 30s) Equilibrium Tonino Guerra translated Eric Mosbacher (Chatto and......