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Books

A Utopian Zimbabwe Peter Taylor Under the Skin: the Death of White Rhodesia David Caute (Allen Lane £14.95) T he Rhodesian war and the elections which followed it are still......

A Silly Duke

Peter Quennell Hell-Fire Duke: The Life of the Duke of Wharton Mark Blackett-Ord (The Kensal Press £12.50) p ope was one of those great writers who immortalise their grudges,......