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The Real And The True

Philip Warner A HISTORY OF WARFARE by John Keegan Hutchins - on, £20, pp. 432 T here have been numerous histories of warfare, varying from absurd picture books to scholarly......

Three Little Maids From School

Anita Brookner THE ROBBER BRIDE by Margaret Atwood Bloomsbury, £15.99, pp. 470 M argaret Atwood is unusual among feminist writers in that she holds the view — and propounds it......