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Pride And Fall

Terence Kealey THE LOST VICTORY: BRITISH DREAMS, BRITISH REALITIES, 1945 - 1950 by Correlli Barnett Macmillan, £20, pp. 514 F ew writers exercise political influence, but......

Confessions Of An Amateur Cracksman

Robert Cooper THE BLUE SUIT by Richard Rayner Picador, £9.99, pp. 215 I t's easy to steal. The hardest part is surely finding the nerve to carry it off. Richard Rayner had no......