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Regency

Douglas Johnson Philippe, Duke of Orleans Regent of France1715 - 1723J. H. Shennan (Thames and Hudson E8.50) It is sometimes said that Napoleon was always in a hurry, as if he......

Reverential

Benny Green Lewis Carroll: A Biography Anne Clark (Dent £6.95) Carroll presents one of the subtlest biographical challenges of the 19th century, a riddle at least as......