21 APRIL 1979, page 26

Old Mortality

David Benson The Medieval Underworld Andrew McCall (I-tarnish Hamilton £7.50) Andrew McCall sets out to 'consider the fate of those who were either unwilling or unable to comply......

Crime Story

Alistair Horne Holy Russia Fitzroy Maclean (Weidenfeld E7.95) When Gibbon wrote that History was 'little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of......