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Sunken Galleon

Vasa, the King's Ship. By Commander Bengt Ohrelius. Translated by Maurice Michael. (Cassell, 18s.) BETWEEN three and four in the afternoon of August 10, 1628, the man-o'-war......

Duke Charming

The King of Hearts. By Dorothy H. Somerville. (Allen and Unwin, 40s.) CHARLES TALBOT, the first Duke of Shrewsbury, possessed some of his mother's charm but, for- tunately, more......

Beastly To The Romans

The Revolutions of Ancient Rome. By F. R. Cowell. (Thames and Hudson, 21s.) IN 509 tic the Romans staged their first revolu- tion: they turned out the royal house of Tarquin and......