20 NOVEMBER 1976, page 22

Arab Portrait

Jan Morris The Oil Sheikhs Linda Blandford (Weidenfeld and Nicolson £5.25) The Arabs Peter Mansfield (Allen Lane E8.50) Dr Kissinger calls a sheikh a sheek, or did last time I......

Polarities

Nick Totton Polonaise Piers Paul Read (Alison Press/Secker and Warburg £3.90) The Doctor's Wife Brian Moore (Cape £3.50) The Adventures of Una Persson and Catherine Cornelius in......