19 AUGUST 2000, page 35

Not So Much A Gang As A Group

Anne Chisholm THE CLIVEDEN SET by Norman Rose Cape, £20, pp. 277 A great deal of nonsense has been talked, written and believed about the `Cliveden Set'. As a label, it was......

Swashbucklers On The Make

Steve King BIG CHIEF ELIZABETH by Giles Milton Hodder, £14.99, pp. 416 H oist the mainsail, ye mutinous dogs! Batten down the hatches, haul in the bow- line and brace yourself......

Spectator Book Of Tie Week

Big Chief Elizabeth by Giles Milton By the author of the bestselling Nathaniel's Nutmeg, this is an ambitious tale of how the aristocrats of Elizabethan England reached and......