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Model Painter

John Jolliffe Gwen John 1876-1939 Susan Chitty (Hodder & Stoughton pp. 223, £9.95) One of Augustus John's few saving graces was his constant insistence, even in the triumphant......

Inquest

C. M. Woodhouse Operation Mercury: the Battle for Crete, 1941 Tony Simpson (Hodder and Stoughton pp 316, £8.50) In the battle for Crete, as perhaps in most battles, it was......