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Divine Rhyme

C. H. Sisson The Botsford Book of Religious Verse Elizabeth Jennings (Botsford pp. 92, £595) 'One does not have to be in love to watch or read Romeo and Juliet or Chaucer's......

Unagonising Saga

Paul Ableman Byzantium Endures Michael Moorcock (Seeker & Warburg pp. 400, £6.95) This novel, narrated in the first person, raises an ethical problem. Michael Moorcock, in the......