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The Optimists: Themes And Personalities In Victorian...

Gladstonian Robert Blake The Optimists: Themes and Personalities In Victorian Liberalism Ian Bradley (Faber £1 2.50) Mr Bradley's father and grandfather were christened William......

A Celebration Of Death James Stevens Curl

Vain monuments Gavin Stamp A Celebration of Death James Stevens Curl (Constable £15) Mr Curl is an enthusiast for the artefacts of Death; it is an unfashionable subject. One of......