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Novels Without Words

John Henshall THE SUN by Frans Masereel Redstone Press, 7(a) Lawrence Terrace, London W10 5SU, boxed, £10.95, pp. 68 A the Academy of Fine Art at Ghent in Belgium in 1909, a......

These Many Summers In A Sea Of Glory

Geoffrey Elton THE KING'S CARDINAL: THE RISE AND FALL OF THOMAS WOLSEY by Peter Gwyn Barrie & Jenkins, £20, pp. 666 VIP T his vastly over-inflated book raises far more problems......

And Then I Don't Feel So Bad

Jonathan Cecil TO WIT: IN CELEBRATION OF COMEDY by Penelope Gilliatt Weidenfeld & NicoLcon, £17.95, pp. 304 N o book can be all bad which contains a tribute to Mrs Shufflewick —......