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King Leviathan

Philip Ziegler George IV Regent And King, Christopher Hibbert (Allen Lane £4.25) "Not a fatter fish than he Flounders round the polar sea, See his blubbers — at his gills What a......

Sugar And Spice

Llew Gardner The Devil's Decade, Claud Cockburn (Sidgwick & Jackson £3.50) Emlyn, Emlyn Williams (Bodley Head £3) Here are two books about life in the 'thirties each, one......