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Books

Not always happy and glorious David Sexton THE QUEEN: A BIOGRAPHY OF ELIZABETH II by Ben Pimlott HalperCollins, £20, pp. 651 T he Mouse in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland would......

The Nearest Run Thing

Richard Lamb PLOTTING HITLER'S DEATH: THE GERMAN RESISTANCE TO HITLER 1933-1945 by Joachim Fest, translated by Bruce Little Weidenfeld, £20, pp. 419 T he 20 July 1944 attempt by......