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Homeland In The Mind

Raymond Carr BREAD OF EXILE by Dimitri Obolensky Harvill, £20, pp. 245 T his book divides into two parts. The first contains the hitherto unpublished rec- ollections of Sir......

At The End Of The Day

Brian Masters THE JOURNALS OF WOODROW WYATT, VOLUME II edited by Sarah Curtis Macmillan £25, pp. 743 T his is essentially a collection of repeat- ed conversations, jotted down......

A Luminous Home Of Waters

Bruce Boucher VENETIAN COLOUR by Paul Hills Yale, 135, pp. 247 V enice and colour are virtually synony- mous and have been since the Middle Ages. It is not only the endurance of......