22 MARCH 1986, page 29

The Sins Of The Father

Anita Brookner A PERFECT SPY by John Le Carre Hodder & Stoughton, f9.95 A perfect spy is a spy without a cause, someone drawn to the trade by helpful advisers and a guiltily......

An End To Decent Dying

Eric Christiansen THE IMPACT OF PLAGUE IN TUDOR AND STUART ENGLAND by Paul Slack RKP, £25 T hey used to say that war is the ruin of serious soldiering. Too much disorder, too......