22 JANUARY 1983, page 22

A Life Apart

A.L. Rowse Montherlant Sans Masque: Tome I 1895-1932 Pierre Sipriot (Robert Laffont £9.15) H ow many people in Britain or the United States appreciate that Mon- therlant is......

Prince Of Poets

Peter Quennell The Life of John Milton A.N. Wilson (Oxford University Press £9.95) L ondon, during the latter half of the 17th century, was much visited by foreign tourists; and......