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A Blot On The Imperial Escutcheon

Tony Gould T HE B UTCHER OF A MRITSAR : G ENERAL R EGINALD DYER by Nigel Collett Hambledon & London, £25, pp. 575, ISBN 185285457X T he massacre of nearly 400 unarmed civilians......

The End Of The Line

Tom Rosenthal D EAR A USTEN by Nina Bawden Virago, £10, pp. 144, ISBN 1844081842 D ear Austen is a letter to a much loved husband, Austen Kark, former head of the BBC World......