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A Lovely Life

Beryl Bainbridge THE GREAT TASK OF HAPPINESS: THE LIFE OF KATHLEEN SCOTT by Louisa Young Macmillan, £20, pp. 299 S ome years ago, when researching a novel to do with Captain......

Far From The Madding War

M. R. D. Foot PRISON JOURNAL, 1940-1945 by Edouard Daladier, translated by Arthur D. Greenspan Oxford, Westview Press, £24.50, pp. 376 T his excellent book serves to re-......