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Doomed King

Christopher Hibbert King Charles I Pauline Gregg (Dent pp. 496, £12.50) 'Upon my word!' the Prince Regent once exclaimed after scrutinising one of Van Dyck's pictures of his......

Philanthropic

A. L. Rowse A Devon Family: The Story of the Aclands Anne Acland (Phillimore pp. 192, £7.50) Thousands of biographies are published; family histories are few and far between.......