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Post-war England

A. L. Rowse Caves of ice James Lees-Milne (Chatto & Windus £12.95) J ames Lees-Milne is a diarist as accomp- lished as he is beguiling. His previous two volumes of diary gave us......

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,......