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Northern Prince

D. D. ALDRIDGE Charles XII of Sweden R. M. Hatton (Weiden feld and Nicolson 84s) At a time when the history-reading public is indc! creasingly exposed to 'trend' or 'epochal's.'......

Pope By Pope

MICHAEL BORRIE The Medieval Papacy Geoffrey Barraclough (Thames and Hudson 35s) It is, as one would expect, a stimulating ex- perience to see Professor Barraclough wearing his......

Battles Long Ago

OLIVER WARNER The British Army of 1914 Major R. Money Barnes (Seeley, Service 50s) How quickly myth and misconception grow. The writer of a book about airships which appears......