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Fairly Able Was He, But Always A Gambler

Correlli Barnett BRITAIN AND THE DEFEAT OF NAPOLEON, 1807-1815 by Rory Muir Yale, 129.95, pp. 384 D o not groan at the prospect of yet another book on Napoleon (or Bonaparte, as......

Much Genius But Little Talent

Duncan Fallowell DJUNA: THE LIFE AND WORK OF DJUNA BARNES by Philip Herring Viking £20, pp. 386 hat a horrible, knotted life she had and if ever a jot of joy entered it Phillip......