21 FEBRUARY 1969, page 14

Turkish Delight

M. LLEWELLYN SMITH The Chanak Affair David Walder (Hutchin- son 50s) in September 1922, when the Greek army of occupation had been expelled from Asia Minor and the city of......

Whips And Scorns

PATRICK ANDERSON A Clip of Steel Thomas Blackburn (Mac- Gibbon and Kee 25s) Mr Thomas Blackburn was the victim of a nightmarish upbringing in clerical circum- stances......

Arms And The Men

ROBERT BIRLEY In 1815, when the map of Europe was redrawn at the Congress of Vienna, it was decided to hand over to Prussia what is often referred to as the Rhineland. The......