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After Many A Summer

Caroline Moorehead A LITTLE OF ALL THESE: AN ESTONIAN CHILDHOOD by Tania Alexander Jonathan Cape, £12.50 T ania Alexander was almost seven when she first got to know her mother,......

Total Commitment To Eternity

Harry Williams THE FRONTIERS OF PARADISE: A STUDY OF MONKS AND MONASTERIES by Peter Levi Collins Harvill, £12 C uriosity about monks and monaster- ies is not uncommon. They are......