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The Games People Still Play

Andro Linklater LIFE AND HOW TO SURVIVE IT by Robin Skynner and John Cleese Methuen, £16.99, pp. 413 J ohn. The first thing to say about this book is that it's unreadable.......

Whom Reason Hath Equalled, Force Hath Made Supreme

Raymond Carr THE BATTLE OF POLTAVA: THE BIRTH OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE by Peter Englund Gollancz, £20, pp.287 I t is hard to imgine the Sweden we know — resolutely neutral,......